Complications of lupus erythematosus

Systemic lupus erythematosus is a disease that may have complications. This type of disease is relatively complicated because it will affect every part of the body. Therefore, when symptoms of this type of disease appear, you need to go to the hospital in time for corresponding treatment. No matter what type of disease it is, it needs to be discovered and treated in time, because only in this way can you recover to a healthy state faster.

Complications mean that when you have this type of disease, other diseases may appear at the same time. Lupus erythematosus has such characteristics, so when lupus erythematosus occurs, it needs to be treated in a timely manner. Because this is the only way to ensure that no complications occur. What are the complications of lupus?

Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disease that affects many systems and organs. Due to dysfunction of cellular and humoral immunity, a variety of autoantibodies are produced. The disease can also affect the patient's skin, serous membranes, joints, liver, lungs, brain, kidneys and central nervous system.

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1. Kidney complications

Some lupus patients will develop kidney complications, causing edema and affecting their body shape. Why do these complications occur? The first symptoms of kidney complications are usually abnormal urine tests, such as proteinuria, hematuria, increased white blood cells in urine, and cell casts (red blood cells, white blood cells or kidney tissue cell colonies).

2. Heart complications

Lupus erythematosus can also cause some problems for the patient's heart and easily lead to heart complications, such as pericarditis, myocarditis, arteriosclerosis and other diseases.

3. Pulmonary complications

The symptoms of systemic lupus erythematosus are sometimes not very obvious, but sometimes they can cause some lung problems; when the condition is more serious, it can also cause symptoms such as acute pulmonary edema.

It mainly invades the skin and is the lightest type of lupus erythematosus. A few may have mild visceral damage, and a few cases may develop into systemic lupus erythematosus. Skin lesions initially appear as one or several bright red spots, the size of mung beans to soybeans, with sticky scales on the surface. They gradually expand and become round or irregular in shape, with the edges significantly darker in pigment and slightly higher than the center. The center is pale, may shrink and become low-lying, and the entire lesion is disc-shaped (hence the name discoid lupus erythematosus). The lesions are mainly distributed in sun-exposed areas such as the face, earlobes and scalp. A few cases may involve the upper chest, back of the hands, forearms, lips and oral mucosa. Most patients have no symptoms of skin lesions, but it is difficult for them to disappear completely. New lesions may gradually increase or remain unchanged for many years. The lesions are sparsely and symmetrically distributed, or they may merge into pieces. Lesions in the middle of the face may merge into a butterfly shape. Discoid lesions worsen after sun exposure or exertion. Damage to the scalp can cause permanent hair loss. Old lesions occasionally develop into squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.

Some complications of lupus erythematosus are introduced above. Only by clearly understanding the complications of lupus erythematosus can we conduct targeted research on ways to treat and prevent the disease. No matter what type of disease it is, it has unique symptoms and treatment plans, because only in this way can we identify what kind of disease it is, and the only way to treat the disease is treatment.