Patient resources
Practical guides to help you prepare for your visit, ask the right questions, and understand what your results mean.
Your first visit checklist
What to bring, how registration works, and how to make the most of your consultation.
Read the checklist →Questions to ask your rheumatologist
The questions worth asking so you leave with a clear understanding of your diagnosis and plan.
See the questions →Understanding your blood tests
ESR, CRP, RF, anti-CCP, ANA, uric acid and more — what each test means, in plain language.
Decode your tests →Vaccines & your medicines
Which vaccines to take and when — timed around methotrexate, biologics and rituximab, per the Indian Rheumatology Association 2024 consensus.
Read the vaccine guide →Test results explained
ANA positive
Common and often harmless — when it matters, and when it doesn't.
Read →HLA-B27 positive
A gene, not a disease — what it means for back pain.
Read →Rheumatoid factor positive
Why "RA factor positive" isn't a diagnosis on its own.
Read →High ESR or CRP
What raised inflammation markers do — and don't — tell you.
Read →Visiting the clinic
Reaching the clinic
Timings, directions and travel times from across North India.
Plan your visit →Visiting from abroad
For people living in Canada, the UK, the US, Australia or the Gulf.
Read →Not sure where to start?
For food questions — gout, curd, turmeric, eating on your medicines — see the diet guides. For trackers, planners and calculators, see the free tools. If you're wondering whether your symptoms need a specialist at all, the one-minute symptom check is a good first step. And the conditions guides explain each condition and the symptoms worth recognising.