There is a difference between connective tissue disease and lupus erythematosus, which is one of the connective tissue diseases.
Lupus erythematosus is a chronic, recurrent and prolonged autoimmune disease caused by autoimmune abnormality, which belongs to one kind of connective tissue disease. It is usually caused by immune abnormality, infection, endocrine and other factors, and the patients may manifest symptoms such as fever, joint pain, hematuria, pallor, vision loss, nausea, vomiting and so on.
Patients with lupus erythematosus can be treated with medications under the guidance of doctors, and commonly used medications include glucocorticosteroids such as prednisone, anti-rheumatic drugs such as hydroxychloroquine and merti-macrolide.
It is recommended that patients go to the rheumatology and immunology department of the regular hospital in time, and under the guidance of the doctor, carry out relevant examinations, and according to the specific examination results, take targeted treatment.