- Condition Lupus Nephritis Lupus kidney disease Lupus nephritis is inflammation of the kidneys caused by lupus. It affects a substantial proportion of patients — more in South Asian populations — and it is usually sil…
- Condition Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Skin lupus, discoid lupus Cutaneous lupus is lupus that affects mainly the skin. It produces sun-sensitive rashes that can scar and cause permanent hair loss if untreated. Most people with cutane…
- Condition Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Lupus, SLE Lupus is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body's own tissues. It can affect the skin, joints, kidneys, blood cells, lungs, heart and nervous…
- Symptom group Lupus & Connective Tissue Diseases Connective tissue diseases affect several systems at once, which is why they are so often missed. Dryness, sun-sensitive rashes, mouth ulcers, hair loss, fingers changin…
- Question Can lupus nephritis be cured? It can go into complete remission, and with treatment most patients preserve normal kidney function. Relapse is possible, so monitoring and maintenance treatment continu…
- Question Is lupus fatal? Not with modern treatment. Survival has improved dramatically over the last four decades, and most patients diagnosed and monitored properly have a normal or near-normal…
- Question My ANA test is positive. Do I have lupus? Usually not. A positive ANA is found in a substantial proportion of healthy people, more often in women and with increasing age, and it also appears in thyroid disease a…
- Question Will skin lupus turn into systemic lupus? Usually not. Around 5 to 15 per cent of people with discoid lupus develop systemic disease. Periodic blood and urine testing is done so that any systemic involvement is…
- Condition Antiphospholipid Syndrome APS, Hughes syndrome, sticky blood syndrome Antiphospholipid syndrome is an autoimmune condition in which antibodies make the blood more likely to clot. It causes deep vein thrombosis, stroke at a young age, and r…
- Treatment Nail Fold Capillaroscopy Procedure Nail fold capillaroscopy is a painless five-minute examination of the tiny blood vessels at the base of the fingernails, using a specialised microscope. It answers one q…
- Article A positive ANA test: what it does and does not mean A positive ANA is common in healthy people and is not a diagnosis on its own. What matters is the pattern, the titre, and the symptoms alongside it.
- Article Steroids in rheumatology: why the dose comes down Steroids work quickly and reliably, which is exactly why they are used carefully. What they are for, why the dose is reduced, and why stopping suddenly is unsafe.
- Article The role of clinical immunology in rheumatological care Autoimmune disease rarely respects the boundaries of a single joint or organ. Dual training in immunology and rheumatology changes how complex cases are approached.
- Page Meet Dr. Ashish Baweja Consultant, Institute of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Medanta – The Medicity, Gurugram.
- Page Rheumatologist in Gurugram …treats inflammatory arthritis, spondyloarthritis, lupus and other connective tissue diseases, vasculitis, myositis, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.
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