- Osteoporosis
- ArthritisThe increased deposition can lead to changes in the skin, kidneys, gastrointestinal tract, and other areas. This family of diseases often shares clinical features with inflammatory muscle diseases, mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD), rheumatoid arthritis, and Sjogren’s syndrome. Many different organ systems can become involved including the pulmonary and cardiac systems.
- Medical Weight Loss
- RheumatologyThere is a good chance that SLE or “lupus†was the illness that introduced your doctors to the field of rheumatology.
- Primary CareCarolina Arthritis Associates’ does not treat trauma related pain and problems. Therefore, if you have had an accident of any type, especially an employment related accident or a motor vehicle accident, you should seek treatment from your Primary Care Physician or Orthopedist.
- Emergency CarePhysicians are seen by appointment only. If you are experiencing problems with pain associated with the disease your physician is treating, or medication(s) that your physician is prescribing, please call the office during our office hours as soon as possible to schedule an appointment. Of course, based on your circumstances and insurance policies, you may also consider contacting your Primary Care Physician, utilizing an Urgent Care, or proceeding to an Emergency Room.
- Eye ExamSince the symptoms of Sjogren’s Syndrome can be non-specific a proper diagnosis depends on discussing current symptoms, physical examination, and a series of blood tests. A comprehensive eye exam is often helpful in establishing a diagnosis. On occasion a biopsy of the salivary gland or parotid gland may be necessary to make a correct diagnosis. A Rheumatology evaluation is often needed to confirm the diagnosis.
- Internal MedicineDr. Harris was raised in Ilion, New York, and graduated from Siena College. He attended the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, and completed his internship and residency in internal medicine, as well as a fellowship in rheumatology, while serving as a major in the U.S. Air Force Medical Corps in California and San Antonio, Texas.
- UltrasoundUltrasound can be used to image any patient presenting with a complaint arising within the soft tissues of the musculoskeletal system.
- X-Rays
- LesionsMost of the time the arthritis begins after the patient has had skin disease for a number of years. However sometimes the arthritis may be the initial presenting feature and occasionally the arthritis and skin lesions present together. Psoriatic arthritis may have several different types of presentations. The most common is involvement of just a few joints (less than 5) in an asymmetric pattern. Some patients with psoriatic arthritis may resemble a patient with rheumatoid arthritis with multiple joints in a symmetrical pattern. Some patients may have a predominance of involvement of the spine (spondylitis) and some patients may have digits that look like sausages (dactylitis). Other patients may have lots of inflammation where tendons attach to bone (enthesitis).
- PsoriasisPatches of psoriasis frequently  are present over bony prominences such as the elbows and the knees. Psoriasis may also involve your scalp or your bellybutton. Psoriasis affects 1-2% of the population. Of these patients with psoriasis approximately 10%  will go on to develop a type of inflammatory arthritis. Besides skin involvement, nail lesions called pitting are frequently present especially in those patients who have arthritis of the DIP joints, those joints closest to your fingernails.
- AllergiesShe is board certified with the National Commission of Physician Assistants. She completed 2 years in Internal Medicine, 6 years in Allergy and Immunology which led to her passion of evaluating and managing patients in the field of Rheumatology with the rheumatologists at Carolina Arthritis for 24 years. She has interests in all disease states of rheumatology with ISCD training in osteoporosis and is a Sub-Investigator in clinical trials at Carolina Arthritis.