Rheumatology is an upper branch of the internal medicine department, and serves in the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic diseases. All diagnoses and treatments in Liv Hospital Rheumatology Clinic are carried out successfully by expert and experienced physicians in their field. Support from branches such as Physical Therapy, Orthopedics, Neurology and Pain Outpatient Clinic, Endocrinology is received in the treatment of Rheumatic Diseases when needed.

Rheumatic diseases are diseases of tissues such as joints and surrounding soft tissues, ie. muscles, tendons, bonds and fibers. There are acute / chronic and inflammatory / non-inflammatory types. Early diagnosis and treatment is very important because the disease affects movement function of the person and felt pain disrupts the quality of life.

‘Degenerative joint disease’, which is colloquially named as calcification, is non-inflammatory and it partly occurs as a result of age-related cartilage wear.

Inflammatory rheumatism courses more severe and usually affects the entire body. There is a defect in the immune system and the effect is seen in all connective tissue, that is to say in almost all organs.