Women What are the symptoms of lupus nephritis

Women working under increasing pressure, many diseases plaguing women friends, women accounted for the majority of patients with lupus nephritis, so for young women, to improve their prevention, to prevent the occurrence of lupus nephritis, so female friends want to lupus nephritis have a better understanding. Women What are the symptoms of lupus nephritis Here we follow along as we explain next nephrologist symptoms on female lupus nephritis?:

Lupus nephritis is a common disease, can occur at any age and gender, is common in young women, the most common is 20 to 30 years old. Its extra-renal manifestations:

(A) General symptoms: Most patients showed malaise, weight loss, 90% of the patients had fever, heat and uncertain, 40 percent of more than 39 ℃.

(2) joint and muscle is lupus nephritis performance: 90% of patients with joint pain, common in the small joints of the limbs, about 10% of the patients may have mild joint deformity, but generally no signs of bone erosion. Long-term, a large number of irregular use of hormones, can cause some patients developed aseptic necrosis of the femoral head. Third of patients have muscle pain, muscle weakness or even obvious symptoms or muscle atrophy.

(3) skin and mucous membranes: 50% of patients can appear facial butterfly erythema, lesions confined to the two cheeks and bridge of the nose, was mild edema, erythema, telangiectasia and may have scales, can have severe exudative inflammation when blisters and crusts, erythema subsided after generally do not leave scars and pigmentation. Hair loss seen in 50% of patients, is a sensitive indicator lupus activity. Livedo reticularis common, is typical of vasculitis. Many have neurological symptoms. In addition, visible urticaria, discoid erythema, A Week erythema, purpura, crack haemorrhage, oral and nasal ulcers.

(4) Cardiovascular: active lupus patients developed pericarditis up to two-thirds of cases, usually transient, mild clinical manifestations. 10% of patients may have myocarditis performance. Also involving the mitral and aortic valve, usually at the apex and the bottom of the smell and systolic heart murmur, which also may be associated with anemia, tachycardia or fever related to diastolic murmur rare. In addition, Raynaud's phenomenon can also occur (about 25%), pulmonary hypertension and recurrent thrombophlebitis, which may be the first symptom of lupus.

(5) the lung and pleura: 40% to 46% of patients with pleurisy can occur, it is credible indicators of lupus involving the kidneys soon. Acute lupus pneumonitis and rare, manifested as difficulty breathing, chest pain and coughing can be no serious massive hemoptysis can occur, some patients showed recurrent pulmonary atelectasis, a few may develop diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis.

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