Immunology vs Rheumatology

[BlackSails]

What exactly is the difference between these specialities? From what I see, they both deal mostly with auto immune diseases.

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[ny skindoc]

What exactly is the difference between these specialities? From what I see, they both deal mostly with auto immune diseases.

Usually Immunology is considered part of the subspecialty Allergy/Immunology which mostly is concerned with asthma,allergic conditions,immunotherapy,sinus issues and immunology as it relates to these.
There is some overlap with rheum but the fields are very different in terms of the types of patients they see and overall scope of practice.

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[Tapout]

rheum = bone/joint (musculoskeletal and connective tissue disease), the vasculitides and anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome which encompass several autoimmune disorders in total. Not all of rheum is autoimmune in nature.

most specialities cover disease processes with some version of autoimmunity.

Immunology is as posted above, very different then rheum but some of the disease processes have similar molecular mechanisms.