Skin and joint care for babies, children, and teens
The Skin and Joint Clinic at Children’s Hospital New Orleans is a
multidisciplinary clinic that addresses the unique needs of the pediatric
patients who present with signs and symptoms involving the skin and musculoskeletal
system. Because the skin often acts as an immunologic organ, patients
with rheumatologic diseases often present with a skin issue. This combined
clinic allows the providers to discuss each patient and to examine each
patient together. The collaborative evaluation of these patients allows
the providers to more easily make an accurate and early diagnosis and
to initiate timely treatment, leading to an improved patient and provider
experience and overall better disease control and outcome for the patient.
Conditions commonly treated include the following:
Juvenile dermatomyositis
Systemic lupus erythematosus with skin manifestations
Psoriasis/ psoriatic arthritis
Scleroderma
Mixed connective tissue diseases
Refer a patient
The Skin and Joint Clinic takes place at the main campus at Children’s
Hospital on the first Wednesday of each month. This is an internally scheduled
clinic and patients are scheduled into this clinic after an initial evaluation
by a provider in either the Dermatology or Rheumatology Departments.
