By Dr Irwin Lim on February 16, 2013

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist I managed to get some time last weekend to record these videos on Rheumatoid Arthritis. Thanks to my patient wife for ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on February 7, 2013

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatology I listened to Theodore Pincus speak on the weekend. I found the professor of rheumatology very entertaining and his ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on February 3, 2013

Tophus on little finger If I had this on my finger and didn't know what it was, I'd be worried. Given I do know what it is, I'm still worried. ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on January 10, 2013

Once a month, the local rheumatologists meet at our tertiary level, teaching hospital to discuss challenging cases. We invite the patients being ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on December 17, 2012

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist Barry from Florida emailed me regarding the post on biologic choice for Rheumatoid Arthritis (link). He's kindly ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on December 12, 2012

I'm over the jetlag. I think. The brain fog lifted sometime this am. The 2 days I spent in Leeds discussing rheumatoid arthritis with 20 ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on December 4, 2012

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist The non-doctors among you will still clearly see the destruction evident in those hands. This lady presented late ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on December 1, 2012

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist Up to 5% of patients with chronic back pain have an Inflammatory cause for the spinal symptoms rather than or in ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on November 22, 2012

This post is written in response to a very perceptive question by a regular contributor to this blog, Naomi Creek. I have previously written about ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on November 15, 2012

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist A really painful swollen left big toe. So painful he needed to use a crutch to avoid standing on it. Not ...