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    These 5 misunderstandings of systemic lupus erythematosus, have you been recruited?

    • Last Update: 2022-09-09
    • Source: Internet
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    College students are hospitalized with repeated fever and rash, scaring away the patients in the ward

    Xiaofeng (pseudonym) is a junior at school with repeated fever and facial rash for more than two months




    The rash is the most common clinical manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus, but the typical butterfly-like erythema on the face occurs in less than 10% of lupus patients



    In addition to skin damage, patients with systemic lupus erythematosus may also experience fever, joint swelling and pain, fatigue, ulcers of the oral and nasal mucosa, and other organ system damage



    Systemic lupus erythematosus itself is not contagious, but when lupus patients receive hormones and immunotherapy for a long time, the risk of co-infection is much higher than that of ordinary people, such as common cold, pneumonia, tuberculosis,



    Since the onset of lupus is related to antibodies, cytokines, and activated immune cells in the blood, a friend asked, will blood transfusion "infect" systemic lupus erythematosus?




    According to reports, about 40% of lupus mothers are positive for anti-SSA/Ro, anti-SSB/La or anti-u1-RNP antibodies, and these autoantibodies can be passed to the fetus through the placenta during pregnancy, resulting in about 1% to 2% of babies.




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