These 5 misunderstandings of systemic lupus erythematosus, have you been recruited?

*For medical professionals only

College students are hospitalized with repeated fever and rashes, scaring away patients in the ward

Xiao Feng (not her real name) is a junior in school who has had a recurrent fever accompanied by a facial rash for more than two months

The rash is the most common clinical manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus, but in fact the typical facial butterfly-like erythema occurs in less than 10% of lupus patients

In addition to skin lesions, patients with systemic lupus erythematosus can also present with fever, joint swelling and pain, fatigue, mucosal ulcers of the mouth and nose, and other organ system damage

Systemic lupus erythematosus itself is not contagious, but when lupus patients receive hormone and immunotherapy for a long time, the risk of co-infection is much higher than that of ordinary people, such as the common cold, pneumonia, tuberculosis and so on

Since the onset of lupus is related to antibodies, cytokines, and activated immune cells in the blood, a friend asked, will the blood transfusion "infect" systemic lupus erythematosus?

Will a lupus mom pass on the disease to her baby?

About 40% of lupus mothers have reportedly positive anti-SSA/Ro, anti-SSB/La, or anti-u1-RNP antibodies, which are transmitted through the placenta to the fetus during pregnancy, resulting in about 1% to 2% of babies having neonatal lupus erythematosus

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