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RheumTV is a collection of video resources covering Patient Education, Research Updates and general information related to the Division of Rheumatology.

Diagnosing Lupus - Lupus Education Series with Dr. George Stojan with the Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center

Diagnosing Lupus – Lupus Education Series

Diagnosing systemic lupus is complicated in the sense that you need to look at the entire picture of a patient’s presentation and their laboratory workup. In this video, Dr. Stojan with the Johns Hopkins Lupus Center, discusses the process of diagnosing Lupus.

Lupus : Signs and Symptoms

Lupus : Signs and Symptoms

Lupus has a number of signs and symptoms. The symptoms of lupus can span to any part of the body and different people can experience different symptoms. In this video, Dr. Stojan with the Johns Hopkins Lupus center disucsses the signs and symptoms of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE).

Lupus Overview

Lupus : Disease Overview

Systemic lupus erythematosus (“SLE” or “lupus”) can be overwhelming and mysterious at times. In this video, Dr. Stojan of the Johns Hopkins Lupus Center shares an overview of this disease.

Yoga for Arthritis - Modifying Yoga Poses for Arthritis Patients

Yoga for Arthritis

Practicing yoga just two or three times a week can improve pain, physical fitness, and mood. Sometimes people living with arthritis can feel intimidated from approaching a yoga practice. In this video we’ll show you a few ways that you can modify a yoga practice to make it more accessible, safer, and more comfortable for those with arthritis. We’ll discuss safe ways to get up and down from the floor, ways to adjust the poses for both wrists and knees, and yoga poses that you can do seated in a chair.

Ankylosing Spondylitis – Lifestyle Options

Ankylosing Spondylitis – Lifestyle Options

It is a lifelong concerted effort on the Ankylosing Spondylitis patient to be as flexible and mobile as possible, and it doesn’t need ongoing physical therapy. In this final video of our series on AS, Dr. Cohen discusses lifestyle options for improved mobility.

Ankylosing Spondylitis – Treatment

Ankylosing Spondylitis – Treatment

Treatment for Ankylosing Spondylitis is guided by how active the disease is. In this fourth video of our series on Ankylosing Spondylitis, Dr. Cohen dives into the treatment of AS.