Medical News Summary: Lupus treatment has improved over the years
About: Lupus treatment has improved over the years
Date: 27 January 2005
Source: Times Online
Author: Thomas Stuttaford
Medical News Summary (summary of medical news story as reported by Times Online): The most common transplant operations in the UK are kidney transplants. Survival rates following a kidney transplant may be as long as 30 years. One woman waited two months for a correct diagnosis of her systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus mostly attacks women aged 15 to 45 and usually starts with a fever. The fever is followed by extreme fatigue and symptoms such as headaches, epilepsy and personality changes may develop infrequently. The characteristic sign of the disease is a butterfly shaped face rash and other exposed skin areas. The rash is often misdiagnosed as sunburn and the range of possible symptoms make the condition very difficult to diagnose. 90% of cases of lupus involve arthritis in the joints and the pain may be severe with a sudden onset. Children with the condition may also present with lymph gland enlargement as an early symptom. As the disease progresses, symptoms may include pericarditis, heart problems, pleurisy and kidney problems that can ultimately lead to kidney failure. Lupus treatment has improved dramatically over the years and immuno-suppressant drugs have been invaluable in controlling the condition as well as in preventing rejection following organ transplants. CellCept is a popular immuno-suppressant used after organ transplants as it can be used in smaller doses and does not carry an associated risk of heart problems.
URL: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8123-1457130,00.html
Related Disease Topics: Lupus, Kidney transplant, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Sunburn
Related Symptom Topics: Fever, fatigue, headache, epilepsy, personality disorder, rash, face rash, butterfly shaped face rash, skin rash, arthritis, pain, pericarditis, heart problems, pleurisy, kidney problems, kidney failure
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- Diagnosis and fatigue
- Diagnosis and headache
- Diagnosis and epilepsy
- Diagnosis and personality disorder
- Diagnosis and rash
- Diagnosis and face rash
- Diagnosis and butterfly shaped face rash
- Diagnosis and skin rash
- Diagnosis and arthritis
- Diagnosis and pain
- Diagnosis and pericarditis
- Diagnosis and heart problems
- Diagnosis and pleurisy
- Diagnosis and kidney problems
- Diagnosis and kidney failure
- Diagnosis and lupus
- Diagnosis and kidney transplant
- Diagnosis and systemic lupus erythematosus
- Diagnosis and sunburn
- misdiagnosis and fever
- Misdiagnosis and fatigue
- misdiagnosis and headache
- misdiagnosis and epilepsy
- Misdiagnosis and personality disorder
- misdiagnosis and rash
- Misdiagnosis and face rash
- Misdiagnosis and butterfly shaped face rash
- misdiagnosis and skin rash
- misdiagnosis and arthritis
- misdiagnosis and pain
- misdiagnosis and pericarditis
- misdiagnosis and heart problems
- misdiagnosis and pleurisy
- misdiagnosis and kidney problems
- misdiagnosis and kidney failure
- misdiagnosis and lupus
- misdiagnosis and kidney transplant
- misdiagnosis and systemic lupus erythematosus
- misdiagnosis and sunburn
- cause of fever
- cause of fatigue
- cause of headache
- cause of epilepsy
- cause of personality disorder
- cause of rash
- cause of face rash
- Cause of butterfly shaped face rash
- cause of skin rash
- cause of arthritis
- cause of pain
- cause of pericarditis
- cause of heart problems
- cause of pleurisy
- cause of kidney problems
- cause of kidney failure
- cause of kidney transplant
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