They'll do a physical exam to check for symptoms such as: A malar rash, the “butterfly” rash on your cheeks A discoid rash with red, scaly skin patches that cause scarring Photosensitivity, a skin reaction or sensitivity to sunlight ...
muscles, and skin, along with the membranes surrounding or within thelungs,heart,kidneys, andbrain. SLE can also causekidney disease.Braininvolvement is rare, but for some, lupus can cause confusion, depression,seizures, and strokes.
A 30-year-old Hispanic female was referred by her general physician for a baseline evaluation so she could be started on Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine) therapy. She had been diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus approximately ...
Food as Cause of Human Salmonellosis In the case of Salmonella ser. Typhi, however, it has been demonstrated that humans can be asymptomatic carriers of the bacterium for decades (Weill, 2009). The genus Salmonella has more than 2,500 serotypes, and over 1,600 of ... V. Giaccone,P. ...
Seven percent developed intestinal necrosis or perforation, yielding a mortality rate of 2.7%. Altogether, lupus enteritis is a poorly known cause of abdominal pain in SLE patients, with distinct clinical and therapeutic features. The disease may evolve to intestinal necrosis and perforation if ...
The cause of lupus is unclear and there is no known cure. Current treatments for SLE are primarily nonselective immunosuppressants. They can effectively treat symptoms, but the side effects are a major cause of concern. Patients taking long-term immunosuppressants are prone to higher incidence of...
Pregnancy does not cause systemic lupus erythematosus to worsen To evaluate risk for exacerbation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) during pregnancy, we pro-spectively evaluated 80 pregnant women with SLE for manifestations of disease activity. Fifty-three of these women were not taking prednison...
Itappears that people with an inherited predisposition for lupus may develop thedisease when they come into contact with something in the environment that cantrigger lupus. The cause of lupus in most cases, however, is unknown. Somepotential triggers include: ...
Lupus nephritis is a severe manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus and a major cause of both acute kidney injury and end-stage renal disease. Preventing, or delaying progression of lupus nephritis is the primary objective of treatment. New treatme
hand is more frequent than that of the female control group.(4)The occurrence of whorls of the little finger of the female patient's righthand is more frequent that of the female control group.(5)The majority of the female patients have wrinkled palms (comparison notdone,only for reference...