Which symptoms require a visit to the rheumatology department

  Hello, many friends do not know the common clinical manifestations of rheumatic immune diseases, today I will take you to understand some common symptoms of rheumatic immune diseases: 1.
  1. Unexplained fever
  Patients with long-term unexplained fever, please make sure you exclude whether you have rheumatic immune diseases, because a variety of rheumatic immune diseases can appear in the active phase of the disease fever. If antibiotics do not work and tumors are ruled out, it is necessary to go to the rheumatology department to find out the cause of fever.
  2. Joint pain
  Did you know? A variety of rheumatic diseases can be manifested as joint pain, which can be mild or severe, or localized redness, swelling and heat, such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, ankylosing spondylitis, gouty arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, osteoarthritis and other diseases can appear joint pain. If the joints are swollen, it is necessary to go to the rheumatology department for timely consultation.
  3. Butterfly-shaped erythema
  The appearance of erythema on the face of women, especially the typical butterfly-shaped erythema, is often a clinical manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), especially in adolescents and women of childbearing age, and SLE often involves multiple organs.
  4. Low back pain and hip pain
  Adolescent males with unexplained low back pain and hip pain should be alerted to ankylosing spondylitis or undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy, which is usually worse at rest and during sleep and lessened after activity.
  5, weakness, muscle pain
  If you feel weak and sore for a long time, and feel some effort to go up the stairs, squat, comb your hair, then you need to exclude
  6. Dry mouth, dry eyes
  Dry mouth and eyes are typical symptoms of dry syndrome. If not treated in time, damage to internal organs such as interstitial lung fibrosis and liver damage may occur.
  7. Mouth ulcers
  You may never take mouth ulcers seriously, but if there is a combination of genital ulcers or eye lesions, then you need to go to a rheumatologist to see, because some patients with mouth ulcers are actually leukoaraiosis, invading the eyes and involving blood vessels.
  8.Reynolds phenomenon
  The hands or feet touch cold water or emotional discoloration, many rheumatic immune diseases can appear Raynaud’s phenomenon.
  9.Multi-system or organ damage
  Most diffuse connective tissue diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic vasculitis, systemic sclerosis, etc. can involve multiple organs or systems throughout the body.
  10.Other
  Other manifestations such as nodular erythema, photosensitivity, recurrent miscarriage, recurrent thrombosis, recurrent auricular swelling and pain, waxy fingers (toes), local or generalized skin sclerosis, etc. may be manifestations of some rheumatic immune diseases.
  In conclusion, rheumatic immune diseases can involve many systems throughout the body and have a variety of manifestations. The clinical symptoms listed above are only some common manifestations, and there are more and more patients suffering from these diseases, so we hope that the majority of patients can always be alert.