By Dr Irwin Lim on December 7, 2011

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist We see a lot of patients with inflammatory back pain in our clinics. Some of these patients have Spondyloarthritis or ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on November 3, 2011

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist The effects of Parvovirus B19 infection, I assume, are still affecting my body. I've been feeling lethargic. Over the ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 26, 2011

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist I've not slept properly for a week. Some night sweats initially. Stiffness of the shoulders and hips. Sore muscles. ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 16, 2011

The characteristic presenting symptom in the majority of patients with Spondyloarthritis (a group of diseases with the prototype being Ankylosing ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 2, 2011

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist When the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis is confirmed, it is now standard practice for rheumatologists to commence ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on September 29, 2011

Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is an inflammatory rheumatic condition that is one of a number of diseases that are characterised by inflammation of the ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on August 21, 2011

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist As a gross generalisation, my Sydney dermatology colleagues are very busy, and have short consultation times. In ...

By Dr Robert Russo on July 22, 2011

In my last post I introduced the enthesis, explaining that it is the site where the tendon (or other soft tissues) joins onto bone (hard tissue) to ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on July 11, 2011

By Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist The vast majority, around 90%, of people with ankylosing spondylitis carry the gene called Human Leucocyte Antigen-B27 ...

By Dr Robert Russo on July 8, 2011

Enthesopathy is one of those terms in medicine that sounds more exciting than what it really is. In fact it is just a descriptive term, whereby it is ...