Lupus panniculitis isa rare variant of lupus erythematosus. It may occur as a separate disease or coexist with systemic or discoid lupus erythematosus. It is characterized by persistent, tender and hard nodules localised on the face, arms, shoulders, breast and buttocks. What type of doctor do y...
The Overlap Between Fibromyalgia and Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease: When and Why Does it Occur? J Clin Rheumatol. 1995;1(6):335-42.Clauw DJ, Katz P (1995) The overlap between fibromyalgia and inflammatory rheumatic disease: when and why does it occur? J Clin Rheumatol 1:335–342...
Preeclampsia is a condition in whichpregnantwomen have high blood pressure(hypertension) and evidence of organ injury after 20 weeks of pregnancy. It can also occur after delivery (postpartum). The kidneys, the liver, platelets, lungs, and the brain may be affected. What Are Symptoms & Signs ...
Crohn’s disease, and irritable bowel syndrome. The biggest question is whether or not a leaky gut may cause problems elsewhere in the body. Some studies show that leaky gut may be associated with other autoimmune diseases (lupus, Type 1 diabetes, multiple...
produce a small amount of double-stranded DNA (green) that keeps inflammation at a low level and ready to fight incoming viruses. But if neurons accumulate extremely high levels of dsRNA, as seen in ADAR1 knockout neurons (lower panel), toxic inflammation and neuronal death can occur. Credit...
Lupus Lupus is an autoimmune condition that involves the body’s immune system mistakenly attacking parts of the body, including the skin.²⁶ Some forms of lupus can result in a “butterfly rash,” a red, raised rash across the nose and cheeks that can resemble a butterfly. Lupus need...
In individuals with certain autoimmune conditions, such as Crohn's Disease or lupus, mouth and lip sores and swelling can occur during active disease flares. There are also a number of other rare autoimmune conditions, such as Miescher's cheilitis and plasma cell cheilitis, that are characterized...
not entirely known, but it speaks to a bigger trend where autoimmune diseases are on the rise. Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells in a person's body. Other examples aremultiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, asthma,eczema, ...
Scientists aren’t sure why the variations in skin texture occur with depth. But they do have a hunch about the size difference. Voight thinks that these octopuses usually eat creatures from the sediment on the ocean floor, passing food from sucker to sucker and then crushing their p...
Furthermore, any potential signal from yawning remains nonspecific since yawns occur under a variety of contexts (i.e., during changes in arousal, before and after sleep, during boredom, transitions in activity patterns, following stress) and are often misinterpreted in human social settings (see ...