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    This syllabus covers bone, joint, and connective tissue disorders as well as metabolic diseases. For bone disorders, it describes autoimmune diseases like lupus, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and rheumatoid arthritis as well as osteoarthritis. It discusses the etiology, clinical features, complications, and drug/non-drug therapies for these conditions. For metabolic diseases, it defines diabetes and outlines its types, complications, and insulin/diet/oral treatment approaches, and lists common diseases that cause disability in the elderly like hypertension, heart disease, and strokes.

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    This syllabus covers bone, joint, and connective tissue disorders as well as metabolic diseases. For bone disorders, it describes autoimmune diseases like lupus, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and rheumatoid arthritis as well as osteoarthritis. It discusses the etiology, clinical features, complications, and drug/non-drug therapies for these conditions. For metabolic diseases, it defines diabetes and outlines its types, complications, and insulin/diet/oral treatment approaches, and lists common diseases that cause disability in the elderly like hypertension, heart disease, and strokes.

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    SYLLABUS

    1. BONE, JOINT AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS.

    Concept of autoimmune disease. Define: systemic lupus erythematous, Polymyositis,


    Dermatomyositis, polyartheritis nodusa, Scleroderma, rheumatoid Arthritis. Describe etiology,
    clinical features and complications, drug therapy and non pharmacological therapy.

    Osteoarthritis. Describe etiology, clinical features and complications and review nonsteroidal anti-
    inflammatory drugs and steroids.

    2. METABOLIC DISEASES

    Diabetes- define and outline etiology. List types of Diabetes and complications and briefly outline
    use of insulin, diet and oral hypoglycaemic agents in management of diabetes. Geriatrics: List
    diseases commonly encountered in the elderly population and their role in causing disability:
    hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular accidents, benign prostatic hyperplasia,
    cataracts and other causes of failing vision.

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