The Rheumatology service of the Lucía Íñiguez Landín Clinical Surgical Hospital in Holguín province concludes 2024 with good results in patient care, including the expanded intervention study with Jusvinza.
This Cuban drug was applied in a group of people with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis and achieved a 96.55 percent improvement, told to the ACN Dr. Alberto Alberteris, head of the specialty at the health institution.
Holguin: Good results in 2024 by Rheumatology service
The clinical trial, he explained, covered the eastern provinces and Camagüey, with the objective of ensuring that more than 70 percent of the selected sample to reach a progress of up to 20 percent, which Holguín amply surpassed.
The professionals of the Clinical Hospital of Holguín also made significant contributions to the research on rheumatic diseases, presented in national and international events, for example, the Ninth Scientific Rheumatic Conference ReumaHlg 2024, he pointed out.
He underlined that in these meetings, the evolution in the treatment of Lupus and other conditions classified as rare because of their incidence, which can appear during childhood and adolescence.
With information from the – Cuban News Agency / Translated by Radio Angulo.
What is a rheumatologist?
A rheumatologist is an internal medicine physician with specialized training in rheumatology. This medical specialty deals with degenerative, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases that affect your musculoskeletal system. Many of these conditions are lifelong, and they can run in families. Rheumatologists help people manage muskuloskeletal pain and repress chronic inflammation.
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