Professor Yasser El-Miedany MD, FRCP Consultant Rheumatologist
Professor Canterbury Church Christ University, Kent,
H.Senior Clinical Lecturer Kings College London
If you got persistent joints pain which does not respond to simple anti-inflammatory drug therapy/ analgesics and started to affect the way you carrry out your activities of daily living, and associated with morning stiffness, this could be an early form of inflammatory arthritis. Further assessment is highly recommended.
Knee joint pain can be inflammatory or secondary to wear and tear (degenerative changes). Clinical examination, X-ray/ US as well as Laboratory tests are ususally required to confirm the diagnosis and consider the most appropriate treatment.
Tingling in the hands fingers became a common symptom nowdays after the extensive use of todays gadgets such as computers, tablets, mobile phones etc. if you have tingling in your fingers (in particular the the thumb, index and/ or middle fingers) which wake you up from sleep you need to be assessed for possible carpal tunnel syndrome.
Back pain is a common symptom. Whilst the commonest cause is mechanical factors as well as wear and tear, persistent back pain warrant further assessment to exclude other underlying pathologies.
Pain in the hands is a very common symptom in recent years. Perhaps that was the reason for setting a specialized hands' clinic. Pain in the hands can be attributed to soft tissue or joints. Swelling in the fingers/ joints associated with morning stiffness warant further assessment.
If you got persistent shoulder pain which does not respond to simple anti-inflammatory drug therapy/ analgesics and started to affect the way you carrry out your activities of daily living, this can be either due to shoulder joint pain or affection of the surrounding tendons
Prof. El-Miedany
Welcome to Professor El Miedany's home page. Professor El Miedany is a Consultant Rheumatologist and General Physician with over 20-years of experience in the field of Rheumatology both in the NHS and the private sector. He is a full time NHS consultant rheumatologist at Medway Foundation Trust / Darent Valley Hospital, Kent. Also he consults at private practices and has admitting rights in "The London Clinic", "LycaHealth, Orpington" as well as "Spire Hospital". As a Rheumatologist, he deals with a wide variety of musculoskeletal problems ranging from arthritis and tendinitis to osteoporosis, back pain and carpal tunnel syndrome as well as other, sometimes highly complex, conditions and illnesses which are referred to him for a second opinion. He is a senior international figure in the field of rheumatology with several presentations in the elite international rheumatology conferences (such as the American College of Rheumatology and European League Against Rheumatism, EULAR) as well as several research studies and review articles published in international peer reviewed journals. Many of his studies have been referenced in several guidelines, meta-analysis and Cochrane reviews. Professor El Miedany has a special interest in musculoskeletal Ultrasonography. This website has been designed to help both the patients, rheumatologists as well as rheumatology specialist nurses to deal with musculoskeletal pains.
Patient feedback
In concordance with the NHS Patient Feedback program, we adopted the same approach which has been designed to support the spread of great patients' experiences. Such feedback from patients is used also to improve services. The service provided by Dr. El Miedany's team at the NHS was rated as excellent by the patients on the NHS patients' choice website. Kent CCG chose the team also as the best secondary care rheumatology service in the county. In harmony, the private patients' feedback has been absolutely positive. The one stop service style carried out in both the NHS and privately, implementing recent approaches such as musculoskeletal US, nerve conduction testing as well as US guided procedures carried out in the same day of assessment and helping patients to feel better within short period, has attracted several patients to Dr. El Miedany's clinics both in the NHS and privately. Please click on the link below to view the patients' feedback.
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