Wednesday, March 26, 2008

What other systemic lupus erythematosus changes

Apart from systemic lupus erythematosus bones, joints, muscles, skin, mucous membrane and other changes, there are a number of performance are as follows: (1) kidney damage kidney disease is systemic lupus erythematosus common clinical manifestations. Can be expressed as a transient mild proteinuria and microscopic hematuria, acute illness can be controlled after the disappearance. Can be expressed as nephrotic syndrome: a large proteinuria, hypoproteinemia, edema, a serious hypertension, Niaoshao, urine closed, azotemia, such as acute nephritis with chronic renal failure or performance. (2) lung and pleural diseases about half of the patients with systemic lupus erythematosus lung involvement, including pleurisy lesions, or in a small amount of fluid unilateral, bilateral see less, can be found in the exudate lupus cell; lupus low incidence of pneumonia, characterized by bilateral and macular infiltration, can be transferred to another leaf leaves, sputum culture negative, ineffective antibiotic therapy, application of adrenocortical hormones pulmonary infiltrates can vanish quickly. It could also have pulmonary hypertension and diaphragmatic function barriers. Chest pain, cough, dyspnea is a common clinical manifestations; (3) cardiovascular disease systemic lupus erythematosus cardiovascular system is often involved one of the important organs. All parts of the heart may be involved. Most patients early in the course of disease can be no clinical symptoms. About 50% of patients can be involved subendocardial myocardial or pericardium. Pericarditis among the most common, and only light to a brief friction sound, can be a large number of serious cases of pericardial effusion. (4) nerve, and the spirit of the disease systemic lupus erythematosus nerve system damage in the spirit of, can be central or peripheral nervous system damage focal or diffuse consequences, and sometimes also referred to as lupus lupus encephalopathy, or around neuropathy. CNS involvement mainly as organic encephalopathy and seizures. Organic encephalopathy can lead to orientation, the ability to identify and calculate the damage and memory loss, and often sudden attack, and with the other systems of the activities of symptoms consistent. See the other less nervous system abnormalities including peripheral neuropathy, hemiplegia, aphasia campaign. Ptosis, diplopia and nystagmus. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus the most common mental disorders are depression, mostly mild, but some are mild state of anxiety until significant abnormal mental state and behavior. (5) digestive system diseases can be part of the gastrointestinal tract involvement. About 25% of patients have abdominal pain, diarrhoea and vomiting. Adult children than most were often occurred in the incidence or at the beginning of activities. Some patients have hepatosplenomegaly, increased serum transaminase, but jaundice rare. (6) the blood system diseases half of the patients with systemic lupus erythematosus in the course of its blood system, there may be abnormal, disease activity of more common, and often the disease is the first clinical manifestation. To the most common anemia, leukopenia and thrombocytopenia also see more, the whole blood cell decrease rarely see. (7) ocular lesions and some patients may be involved retina and the cornea. Retinal characteristic of the retinal nerve fiber layer in the white villous exudative STD loss, can cause visual impairment, but is generally reversible. (8) menstruation and pregnancy, often irregular lesion area, or volume, or both. The first three months of pregnancy increased opportunities for abortion, birth could make her illness became more serious. Patients must be under the guidance of the physician to control disease activity permitted after 6-12 months - of pregnancy.

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