By Dr Irwin Lim on September 15, 2013

Ultrasound (longitudinal view) of a trigger finger Last weekend was spent with 31 rheumatology colleagues in a darkened room away from the beautiful ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on September 12, 2013

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist When my doctor friends find out that I blog and that I use twitter, there's usually an element of surprise. Those who ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on September 8, 2013

Sacroiliitis By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist The answer is of course YES. But, my suspicion is that it's rare. In Sydney, many GPs refer chronic back ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on September 5, 2013

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist Last month, I was interviewed a number of times. This was done over the phone and included chats with journalists, ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on September 2, 2013

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist Here's a nice example of sacroiliitis on an Xray of my patient's pelvis. Grade 3 on both sides with erosions and ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on August 30, 2013

Please check out the Arthritis Victoria website. They've highlighted a recent report called "A Problem Worth Solving" which details the extent of ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on August 28, 2013

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist Another swollen foot. Another swollen big toe. Another male. A typical story. The doctors reading this have already ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on August 25, 2013

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist Overnight, the number of unique monthly visitors to this blog reached 6000. I know that's not much compared to the ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on August 24, 2013

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist They made it! All 4 got through in a great time. 19 hours & 16 minutes! Started at 7am & finished at 2.18am. ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on August 20, 2013

If you've been a reader of this blog, you'll know that Methotrexate is a go-to drug for rheumatologists (read the reasons why). It's considered safe, ...