Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

The working diagnosis is that this patient is suffering from Angioedema as a result of Anaphylaxis and developing Urticaria. Angioedema is the swelling of deep layers of the skin due the accumulation of fluid, symptoms of Angioedema include swelling of the eyes, lips, hands and feet.

Lupus is a rare and crippleing disease. This disease is as rare as it is hard to undertand. Lupus being a not well known disease is hard to pinpoint. This disease causes insufferable pain and body problems. Such a terrible disease causes syptoms like swelling muscles, joint pains, general inflamations, organ failures, and overall fatigue. Lupus is an autoimmune disease ( AKA the autoimmune sytem attacking itself). This autoimmune disease is most common in youge woman in birth bearing age. With little known reason

1. Stevens-Johnson syndrome and related conditions such as TEN, chemical and burn injuries to the eye, ocular pemphigoid, or aniridia.

• You have facial pain, pain around the eye area, or loss of feeling on one side of your face.

The aim of the pharmacology is pain management. The medications given are able to reduce the frequency and severity of the attacks seen with the disease. One of the medication is corticosteroids which is able to cut an attack time short. Corticosteroids, such as Prednisone, are a class of drug based of a component of the hypothalamic- pituitary-adrenal axis that control immune responses and reduce inflammation. The mechanism of action of the class is reducing the body’s autoimmune response and inhibits it from attacking its own tissues as it does in MS. The decrease in time and inflammation can result in decrease damage to the brain and spinal cord leading to a reduce progression of the disease. The steroids should only be used for a short period of time because long-term side effects. Some side effects include insomnia, headache, and suppression of immune system. The steroids sometime has to be given in combination therapy with antibiotics such as Sulfamethoxazole to fight possible infections. The chance of infections increases with the suppression of the immune system. Other drugs take care of symptoms such as muscle spasms, incontinence, and

I may be related to sinus congestion. We are going to try Humibid and obtain some sinus x-rays today, but if it persists to contact myself. There is no headache in the occipital area, change in vision, nausea, vomiting, photophobia.

Most know Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) as simply lupus. It is difficult to diagnose and treat but the symptoms can be mentally and physically devastating for any patient. Many may not realize the extent to which a person with SLE is affected on a day to day basis. It is important for healthcare professionals to understand the disease process, including the cause, signs, symptoms, and treatment of SLE. By understanding the aforementioned, healthcare professionals can assist with reporting signs and symptoms to the patient’s doctor to further reach a correct diagnosis, but to provide holistic care to the patient. SLE is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease which means the body’s immune system fallaciously attacks healthy tissues and various organs, in this case, primarily the skin , joints, kidneys, and brain of both men and women.

The most common, presenting symptom is optic neuritis, which generally involves unilateral visual loss (Béthoux, Fox & Rae-Grant, 2013). Optic neuritis is due to the optic nerve being affected, which is an extension of the brain and contains central CNS myelinated nerves (Murray, 2005). Optic neuritis (inflammation of the optic

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease. Consequently, all organs and tissues are at risk of being damaged by inflammation. The most affected organs are the kidneys, lungs, heart, and skin (Harvery and Zieve; Simanta, and Mohan). The most affected tissues are the joints, and nervous tissues. The renal system controls blood pressure and blood volume. It also removes waste products and toxins from the blood. SLE causes inflammation of the nephrons, preventing the kidney to properly maintain blood volume and properly filter waste products and toxins (Harvery and Zieve). Kidney inflammation alone will trigger complications throughout the entire body. The lungs are responsible for the gas exchange with the

The term “keratitis” refers to an inflammation of the cornea (clear covering at the front of the eye). When you look at the color of a person’s eye, you are looking through the clear cornea to the colored iris, which is inside the eye. The cornea is an extremely sensitive tissue. This is why you immediately blink when something touches your eye, or even if you think something is going to touch your eye.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that affects multiple tissues and systems and with significant variable clinical features and organ involvement (Cava, 2010). It is characterized by a chronic, relapsing, inflammatory and often febrile multisystemic disorder of connective tissue with wide spectrum of involvement of skin, joints, kidneys and serosal membranes. The exact etiology is noknown, but it represents failure of the regulatory mechanisms of immune system in which body 's own defenses are turned against themselves (Edworthy, 2005##########).

All cranial nerves tested within normal limits. Pt passed visual fields exam and no problems with gag reflex. Pt moved muscles evenly and bilaterally and was able to shrug shoulders and move head from side to side.

Sarcoidosis was discovered by two dermatologists working in England and Norway. It was originally called Hutchinsons disease or Boecks disease. Sarcoidosis is the most misdiagnosed illness and is the least understood. It can occur in anybody organ, but mostly found in the lungs or lymph nodes. This disease can appear suddenly and disappear just as fast. It can also develop gradually and produce symptoms that come and go. No one yet, since it was first discovered over 100 years ago, knows what causes sarcoidosis.

There are many clinical signs that can be used to diagnose early keratoconus. The patient presents with a primary complaint of a gradual reduction in vision over the past few years. As a starting point, it may be beneficial to phone Miss Stuarts previous optometrist to get a copy of her most up to date prescription along with her best corrected visual acuities. If the optometrist is willing to give the prescription over the phone, it would be a good indicator as to how much Miss Stuart’s prescription has changed within the past three to four years. If this is not feasible, a good starting point would be retinoscopy. An early sign of keratoconus can be seen on retinoscopy by the presence of a slight scissor reflex. Patients with normal

Even though most cases (50–75%) of AIC are bacterial in origin, the aetiology is difficult to determine clinically and only 36% of doctors are confident in differentiating between viral and bacterial conjunctivitis. Perceived pressure from parents, employers, educators and pharmaceutical companies