Adolescent and young adults
We have a dedicated service for adolescents and young adults who move up to our services from paediatric rheumatology. We also have additional support available for young adults who develop rheumatic conditions. We hope the information below is useful. Your care team will also be able to provide more support.
- Arthur’s Place
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) – Symptoms and treatments
- Young people – Living with arthritis and managing pain
- Sexual Health Service 4 Newcastle – Sexual Health service
- North Tyneside Sexual Health Service
Adult-onset stills disease
Fibromyalgia
Visit the links below for more information on Fibromyalgia.
- Arthritis UK – Fibromyalgia: Causes, symptoms, treatment
- Live Well with Pain – Ten Footsteps to Living Well with Pain
- NHS TIMS – Chronic or Persistent Musculoskeletal Pain
Gout, pseudogout (CPPDD or Crystal periarthritis)
- Arthritis UK – Gout: Causes, symptoms, treatments
- Arthritis UK – Calcific periarthritis: Causes, symptoms, treatments
Immunoglobulin G4 disease
Large vessel vasculitis, Behçet’s, GCA, PMR
More patient information on these conditions can be found below.
- Giant cell arteritis (GCA) – Causes, symptoms, treatments
- Vasculitis UK – Giant Cell Arteritis / Temporal Arteritis
- Arthritis UK – Vasculitis – Symptoms and causes
- Vasculitis UK – Individual Diseases
- Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) – Causes, symptoms and treatments
- Vasculitis UK – Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
- Behçet’s syndrome – Causes, symptoms and treatments
- Behçet’s UK – Medical factsheets
Lupus (SLE) and Myositis
Patient information is available below for each of these conditions.
- Arthritis UK – Lupus (SLE): Causes, symptoms and treatment
- Lupus UK – What is Lupus?
- Arthritis UK – Myositis
- Myositis UK
Metabolic bone disorders
- Brittle Bone.org – support for people with Osteogenesis Imperfecta
- Arthritis UK – Paget’s disease of bone
Osteoarthritis
Information about specific joints affected by osteoarthritis are available below:
- Osteoarthritis (OA) – Causes, symptoms and treatments
- NHS TIMS – Escape pain
- Orthopaedics – Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Osteoporosis
The Royal Osteoporosis Society website is an excellent source of information on the condition, exercise, diet and treatments.
We recommend you aim to get all the calcium you need through a balanced diet. To see whether you are getting enough calcium from your diet, you can use the online calcium calculator from the University of Edinburgh.
Psoriatic arthritis
Patient information is available below for psoriatic arthritis.
- Psoriatic arthritis – Psoriatic arthritis: Causes, symptoms and treatments
- Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Alliance (PAPAA)
Raynaud’s, Systemic Sclerosis, Mixed Connective Tissue Disease and CTD-ILD
More patient information on these conditions can be found below.
- Systemic sclerosis | Scleroderma | Arthritis UK
- Scleroderma – information, advice and support | SRUK
- Raynaud’s phenomenon | Causes, symptoms, treatments
- Raynaud’s | SRUK
- National Rheumatoloid Arthritis Society – NRAS | Rheumatoid arthritis charity
- Local Group Contact details – North East NRAS Group (Newcastle) | NRAS
Reactive arthritis
Visit the Arthritis UK website for more information on reactive arthritis.
Rheumatoid arthritis
Visit the Arthritis UK website for more information on rheumatoid arthritis.
Spondyloarthritis
Patients in our axial spondyloarthritis service have additional access to specialist physiotherapy service delivered by our extended scope physiotherapist in rheumatology conditions – Maureen (Mo) Motion.
Her role as lead physiotherapist for rheumatology involves a first point contact clinic for Inflammatory back pain screening and diagnosis, working as part of the Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) clinics.
Visit the websites below for more information on Spondyloarthritis.
- AStretch
- BritSpA
- Ankylosing spondylitis – Symptoms, causes and treatments
- Psoriatic arthritis – Psoriatic arthritis: Causes, symptoms and treatments
- National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society
Sjogrens Disease
More patient information on Sjogren’s Disease is available below.
