Rheumatology /
Osteology
In recent years, advances in the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatological and osteological conditions have improved significantly. As a result, diseases can now not only be diagnosed earlier, but also treated more effectively, thereby preventing damage to joints, organs, or bones.
In inflammatory rheumatic diseases (also known as autoimmune diseases), the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, leading to an inflammatory response. Inflammation most commonly affects the joints and spine. However, organs such as the lungs, heart, kidneys, gastrointestinal tract, skin, and the circulatory or nervous systems can also be affected. Contrary to widespread belief, inflammatory rheumatic diseases do not affect only older adults; they can occur as early as childhood or adolescence and are very common in young adults. Osteoporosis is often associated with rheumatic diseases but can also occur as a separate bone disorder. When diagnosed early and correctly, rheumatological and osteological conditions can be treated at any age.
In the Department of Rheumatology, we offer the full range of modern diagnostic and therapeutic options for inflammatory rheumatic diseases and bone disorders (osteology). In addition to outpatient care, we offer inpatient treatment options for specific disease courses in cooperation with the InnKlinikum Altötting and Mühldorf.
Disease patterns
Rheumatoid arthritis
Formerly: chronic polyarthritis
Collagenoses
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)
- Sjögren’s syndrome
- Mixed collagenosis (Sharp syndrome)
- Dermato-/Polymyositis
- Antiphospholipid syndrome
Vasculitides
- All forms of large-, medium-, and small-vessel vasculitis
- Polymyalgia rheumatica, giant cell arteritis
- Behcet’s disease
- Polychondritis
Axial and peripheral spondyloarthritis
- Bechterew’s disease (ankylosing spondylitis)
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Reactive arthritis
- Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis associated forms
Metabolic joint and bone diseases
- Gout, pseudogout
- Hemochromatosis
- Osteoporosis
Diseases caused by bacteria and viruses
- e.g. Lyme disease, Whipple’s disease
Periodic fever syndromes and other autoinflammatory diseases
- including familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), TNF receptor-associated periodic fever syndromes (TRAPS), Still’s disease
Congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies
- including CVID (Common Variable Immunodeficiency)
Our Services
, and Therapy
- Outpatient care for all health insurance companies (referral by GPs and specialists)
- Inpatient care at the Altötting site (inpatient ward for rheumatology) in cooperation with the InnKlinikum Altötting and Mühldorf
- Infusion outpatient clinic for antibody therapies (so-called “biologics”), among other things
- Early arthritis consultation (appointments within four weeks of medical registration and emergency consultation)
- Transition consultation (patients with childhood/adolescent rheumatism who have reached adulthood)
- Outpatient clinic for clinical therapy studies
Diagnostics &
Medical Equipment
- Modern, specialized immunological laboratory (including antibody diagnostics (ELISA), immunophenotyping (FACS))
- High-resolution joint ultrasound for early diagnosis of
joint inflammation and therapy management - All modern imaging techniques, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), X-rays, and bone scintigraphy (in collaboration with the “dia.log” practice, among others)
- Bone density measurement using DEXA technology
Patient Services & Location Advantages
- A sufficient number of free parking spaces are available directly at the clinic
- Practice rooms and all imaging procedures such as X-rays etc. are located in the immediate vicinity on the first floor of the InnKlinikum Burghausen site and can be reached on foot, barrier-free and at ground level
- Free digital reading material in the waiting area and infusion unit
Quality &
Specialization
- The practice is a member of the “Rheumatism” special care contract (§140 a SGB V)
- ASV approval according to §116b Social Security Code 5 (Outpatient Specialist Care), Team Leader ASV Rheumatology Burghausen Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Martin Feuchtenberger
- Repeated listing in FOCUS-GESUNDHEIT “Ärzteliste – Top Mediziner”
(https://focus-arztsuche.de/ueber-uns/siegel/top-mediziner)
