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It is important to rule out thyroid and the irregularity could also be a premenopausal symptom. What is the problem you are facing on account of sle? Menopause begins around 42 to 45 years of age but the symptoms related to its commencement can appear earlier. So keep eveything in mind. For detailed discussion and advice you can contact me.
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1. You have an autoimmune disease lupus. 2. Anti ds dna is a/w lupus nephritis (look after and monitor your kidneys)
3.any family history of the disease / any other rashes / body aches? 4. Any other blood tests have been done other than anti ds dna.
5. Depending on response to treatment and s.creatinine levels, you might need a biopsy.
6. You are leaking albumin (protien) from your kidneys into your urine.
7. Make sure you are mentally prepared ,if in future you need a kidney tra...more
3.any family history of the disease / any other rashes / body aches? 4. Any other blood tests have been done other than anti ds dna.
5. Depending on response to treatment and s.creatinine levels, you might need a biopsy.
6. You are leaking albumin (protien) from your kidneys into your urine.
7. Make sure you are mentally prepared ,if in future you need a kidney tra...more
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Lipid myopathies (lm) are a group of muscular diseases with onset in all ages, due in most cases to enzymatic errors of lipid metabolism. Lm often, but not always, are characterized by lipid storage in muscle biopsy. Immunomodulatory/immunosuppressant drugs such as methotrexate, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, azathioprine, mycophenolate, rituximab and intravenous (ivig) or subcutaneous (subqig) immunoglobulin.
Corticosteroids such as prednisone or methylprednisolone.
Corticosteroids such as prednisone or methylprednisolone.
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Sorry to learn that your daughter is having vasculitis
Treatment
Treatment focuses on controlling the inflammation with medications and resolving any underlying disease that triggered your vasculitis. For your vasculitis, you may go through two treatment phases — first stopping the inflammation and then preventing relapse (maintenance therapy).
Both phases involve prescription drugs. Which drugs and how long you need to take them depend on the type of vasculitis, the organs involved ...more
Treatment
Treatment focuses on controlling the inflammation with medications and resolving any underlying disease that triggered your vasculitis. For your vasculitis, you may go through two treatment phases — first stopping the inflammation and then preventing relapse (maintenance therapy).
Both phases involve prescription drugs. Which drugs and how long you need to take them depend on the type of vasculitis, the organs involved ...more
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Uveitis is a set of inflammatory diseases that results in the swelling and damaging of the eye tissue. It can lead to temporary or permanent loss of vision. This disease often affects a part of the eye called the uvea, from which it has derived its name. It can affect people of all ages and can last from a short to long period of time. Ophthalmologists categorize uveitis into four major parts posterior uveitis, anterior uveitis, panuveitis uveitis and intermediate uveitis. This disease can be in...more
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Uveitis is a set of inflammatory diseases that results in the swelling and damaging of the eye tissue. It can lead to temporary or permanent loss of vision. This disease often affects a part of the eye called the uvea, from which it has derived its name. It can affect people of all ages and can last from a short to long period of time. Ophthalmologists categorize uveitis into four major parts posterior uveitis, anterior uveitis, panuveitis uveitis and intermediate uveitis. This disease can be in...more
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A kidney transplant is a procedure that employs an operation to transplant properly functioning kidney in the body. The main job of the kidneys is to remove the excess waste from a person s body with the help of a filtration process. When the kidneys stop filtering the toxins properly, they become diseased and harmful waste products and toxins begin to accumulate in the body. Following this, the patient has to go through treatment measures like hemo dialysis or kidney transplant.
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Uveitis is a set of inflammatory diseases that results in the swelling and damaging of the eye tissue. It can lead to temporary or permanent loss of vision. This disease often affects a part of the eye called the uvea, from which it has derived its name. It can affect people of all ages and can last from a short to long period of time. Ophthalmologists categorize uveitis into four major parts posterior uveitis, anterior uveitis, panuveitis uveitis and intermediate uveitis. This disease can be in...more
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Uveitis is a set of inflammatory diseases that results in the swelling and damaging of the eye tissue. It can lead to temporary or permanent loss of vision. This disease often affects a part of the eye called the uvea, from which it has derived its name. It can affect people of all ages and can last from a short to long period of time. Ophthalmologists categorize uveitis into four major parts posterior uveitis, anterior uveitis, panuveitis uveitis and intermediate uveitis. This disease can be in...more
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