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Pediatric rheumatology deals with diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory joint diseases. Here are some of the diseases that this specialty studies and cures: reactive arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis and septic arthritis.

Another  part of pediatric rheumatology is diagnosing and treatment of some autoimmune inflammatory diseases within the connective tissue. Such as systemic lupus erythematosus, juvenile dermatomyositis, myositis, scleroderma.

Experts in pediatric rheumatology should be acquainted with the age, anatomical and physiological characteristics of all systems in general and more specifically in musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders; cardiovascular, respiratory and urinary systems; the characteristics of the immune system in age aspect.

Additionally, the physician in pediatric rheumatology should be able to perform specialized diagnostic and therapeutic tasks in the field of pediatric rheumatology and timely diagnosis of diseases in the field of pediatric rheumatology; timely initiation of appropriate treatment; ability to correctly interpret the results of clinical laboratory, histochemical and immunological studies.