Three years ago for almost a year I had severe weakness in legs and arms, trouble breathing and swallowing. I was diagnosed with lupus 5 years ago and polymyositis(all of my lab has come back normal & emg on my muscles that there is no damage so I doubt this dx) Now I don’t stay...
Patient 1 with weakness and paresthesia of the legs, and lightening pains in the limbs and head, nonetheless showed PAN involvement of epineurial vessel sparing systemic and CNS vasculature. Patient 2, who developed fatal progressive worsening of PAN with associated pain in the legs and sub...
Joint pain, swelling, and stiffness are common problems with lupus, especially in hands, wrists, and feet. The swelling doesn't damage your joints, but it can be painful. Lupus can also affect your muscles and cause weakness. What you can do: Take anti-inflammatory drugslike ibuprofen or n...
Inflammatory muscle disease with weakness and an elevated creatine phosphokinase is less common, occurring in approximately 10% of lupus patients.47 Electromyography can be normal or can be characteristic of the myositis observed in polymyositis or dermatomyositis. Muscle biopsy can also be normal or ...
A sixty-six year old man with the sudden onset of left-sided chest and arm pain, weakness of the extremities and urinary rete... [No authors listed] N Listed - 《American Journal of Medicine》 被引量: 5发表: 1968年 A 40-Year-Old Man with a 7-Year History of Polyarthritis and a ...
The training was going great until July. I had to take a month off because of weakness in my left leg and the summer heat. Today I finally felt strong enough to run a solid distance. It takes a lot of planning for me to run that distance, now. I don’t understand how my body wo...
Clinical Presentation and Intervention: The patient was admitted to hospital with the complaints of vertigo, nausea, vomiting, headache, diplopia, ptosis on the left and weakness of the left leg. A diagnosis of SLE was established, with diffuse leptomeningeal involvement demonstrated by cranial ...
Electromyographic signs of respiratory and leg muscle fatigue occurred at lower loads in the SLE group than in the healthy subjects. The pattern of lung function data in patients with SLE was characteristic neither of lung restriction nor of airway obstruction. Respiratory muscle weakness can explain...
These ulcers were tender and oozing clear fluid. There were no rashes suggestive of juvenile dermatomyositis and no muscle weakness. Investigations showed a haemoglobin concentration of 10 g/dL, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate of 70 mm/h, a white blood cell count of 6500 cells per mm...
(such as weakness of the knee extensor and hip abductor muscles). Some studies have also noted possible associations with the following: foot supination and compensatory pronation (insufficient inward roll of the foot, followed by abnormal inward roll), running on hills (especially downhill) or ...