Lupus nephritis history and symptoms

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Omer Kamal, M.D. [2]

Overview

As a manifestation of SLE, Lupus nephritis shares most of the symptoms with SLE. A positive history of familial lupus, skin rashes (especially photosensitive skin rashes), arthritis, and fatigue may be suggestive of systemic lupus erythematosus. The most common symptoms of SLE include constitutional symptoms like fatigue, fever, myalgia, and weight changes. The organ-specific symptom mostly occur with disease progression. SLE may show a variety of symptoms in different organs depending on its complications. eg.g Foamy urine.

History

Obtaining the history is one of the most important aspects in making a diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus. It provides insight into disease course and severity, precipitating risk factors, and associated comorbid conditions. Complete history will help determine the correct complication diagnosis, and helps in determining the prognosis as well. Specific histories about the symptoms (duration, onset, progression), associated symptoms, and drug usage have to be obtained. Specific areas of focus when obtaining the history are outlined below:[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Common Symptoms

The early manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus include common constitutional symptoms that may be seen in many other diseases as well:

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Wang B, Gladman DD, Urowitz MB (May 1998). "Fatigue in lupus is not correlated with disease activity". J. Rheumatol. 25 (5): 892–5. PMID 9598886.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Cervera R, Khamashta MA, Font J, Sebastiani GD, Gil A, Lavilla P, Mejía JC, Aydintug AO, Chwalinska-Sadowska H, de Ramón E, Fernández-Nebro A, Galeazzi M, Valen M, Mathieu A, Houssiau F, Caro N, Alba P, Ramos-Casals M, Ingelmo M, Hughes GR (September 2003). "Morbidity and mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus during a 10-year period: a comparison of early and late manifestations in a cohort of 1,000 patients". Medicine (Baltimore). 82 (5): 299–308. doi:10.1097/01.md.0000091181.93122.55. PMID 14530779.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Tian XP, Zhang X (June 2010). "Gastrointestinal involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus: insight into pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment". World J. Gastroenterol. 16 (24): 2971–7. PMC 2890936. PMID 20572299.
  5. 5.0 5.1 McKinley PS, Ouellette SC, Winkel GH (June 1995). "The contributions of disease activity, sleep patterns, and depression to fatigue in systemic lupus erythematosus. A proposed model". Arthritis Rheum. 38 (6): 826–34. PMID 7779127.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Alves SC, Fasano S, Isenberg DA (December 2016). "Autoimmune gastrointestinal complications in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: case series and literature review". Lupus. 25 (14): 1509–1519. doi:10.1177/0961203316655210. PMID 27329649.

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