2023-04-24 21:00:00
This autoimmune condition requires multidisciplinary care, rigorous follow-up, and patient commitment.
By: Pedro Felipe Cuellar
“90% of our patients who are diagnosed with Lupus or who comes for evaluation have symptoms of arthralgia, between fatigue and tiredness, which is almost certain that a patient with systemic disease has it”, as stated in an exclusive interview with the Journal of Medicine and Public Health, Dr. Ricardo Gago, past president of the Association of Rheumatologists, “
Dr. Gago indicated that the detection of Lupus It occurs due to the manifestation of associated symptoms, where clinical follow-up must be carried out, since the organs can be filled with liquids, causing failures or damage to the patient. In the case of the lungs, initially there is oppressive pain with shortness of breath and even internal involvement leading to fibrosis.
For his part, Dr. Óscar Soto, rheumatologist and president of the Rheumatic Diseases Foundation, indicated that “patients with LupusWhen they have chest pain or trouble breathing, it’s always important that they can get help because it can certainly be an emergency.”
According to the experts, the inflammation that occurs in organs such as the heart, pericarditis, or in the lungs, pleurisy, are alarm signals to identify a disease such as lupuswhich is inflammatory disease rheumatólógicais classified as the ‘disease with a thousand faces’, because the symptoms are so mild and varied that they are normally treated as symptoms of some other pathology, for this reason comprehensive patient care is vital from various areas of medicine, achieving a diagnosis that avoids permanent damage to the patient.
Both specialists agree that it is necessary to be clear that where most patients present symptoms of Lupus They are: the skin, joints and vital organs. In the skin, specialized dermatology follow-up is required to monitor each symptom that arises from this condition, likewise in the joints, the follow-up of a rheumatologist is needed; but care is certainly necessary from multiple disciplines such as nephrology, nutrition, pulmonology and psychiatry, among others.
Symptoms of Lupus
The symptoms of this condition are diverse, so multiple manifestations can occur that affect each system of the human body of the patients. The most associated are:
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chest pain when taking a deep breath;
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butterfly-shaped skin rash on cheeks and nose;
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blood clotting problems.
It should be noted that when a patient has arthritis as an isolated disease, it causes damage to the joints by modifying the structure of the bones, but in the case of arthritis generated by Lupusthis is not “erosive, it does not cause damage to the bones or deformities and if it occurs it is due to damage to the ligaments and structures” as explained by Dr. Óscar Soto.
When the topic of Lupusit is clarified that it is an individualized disease, each patient develops a specific symptom picture, which must also be followed by different specialists.
In the field of nutrition it is important to know that a good diet is a complementary part of drug treatment, strengthening the immune system, good habits become an ally for adherence to them.
Anti-inflammatory recommendations:
Omega-3 acids, found in:
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Fatty fish, salmon, tuna, walnuts, flaxseeds, flaxseed powder, smoothies, cooked cereals, avocado.
The consumption of calcium (dairy derivatives, spinach, almonds) and also vitamin D (salmon, eggs, zetas) is necessary to avoid other pathologies.
Folic acid, found in:
Taking into account that the most common symptoms arise from inflammation of the organs and part of the body, it is necessary to avoid and make a responsible consumption of all foods that are inflammatory, an aspect that is individualized, since each patient must recognize those foods that It harms you, always from a professional nutrition accompaniment.
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