Pleuritis Lupus Symptoms
- Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)
- What Is It? & Symptoms
- Diagnosis & Expected Duration
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Diagnosis
Your doctor will begin by reviewing your symptoms, your medical history and your exposure to factors that can trigger lupus flares. Next, he or she will examine you, looking for skin rashes on your face or on sun-exposed skin, tenderness or swelling of the joints and ulcers inside your mouth or nose. Your doctor will listen to your heart and lungs with a stethoscope, checking for signs of inflammation of the membrane covering the heart (pericarditis) or inflammation of the membranes...
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Drug-induced lupus erythematosus
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Blurred visionFeverGeneral ill feeling (malaise)Joint painJoint swellingLoss of appetitePleuritic chest painSkin rashGets worse with... Read more »
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Disseminated lupus erythematosus; SLE; Lupus; Lupus erythematosusSymptomsSymptoms vary from person to person, and may come and go. The condition may... Read more »
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Treatment
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Symptoms
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Lupus
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
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