Lyme Disease Presenting As Multiple Ischaemic StrokesLyme Disease Presenting As Multiple Ischaemic Strokes
This unusual case highlights the need to consider CNS Lyme vasculitis in patients with cryptogenic strokes, particularly those who are younger and who come from areas where Lyme disease is endemic. Practical Neurology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Journal Article Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Study links psoriasis with blood vessel inflammation
New research suggests the more severe a person's psoriasis is, the more likely they are to have increased blood vessel inflammation - a condition known as vasculitis. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Eczema / Psoriasis Source Type: news
Dr Le Fanu's online health clinic, Friday 28th August 2015
Concerned about aches and pains? Worried about a medical condition? You can email your questions confidentially to Dr Le Fanu at drjames@telegraph.co.uk. Answers will be published in the health section of the Telegraph website every Friday. Today - possible causes for the thudding head conundrum, nocturnal itch, GP targets and diabetes overdiagnosis (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - August 28, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: thudding in the head Golfers vasculitis Dr James online health clinic over medication hospicie at home prickly heat nocturnal itch over diganosis diabetes James Le Fanu Source Type: news
Ultrasound-Based Vasculitis Diagnosis May Save Vision (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Fast-track outpatient clinic for giant cell arteritis also cuts inpatient days (Source: MedPage Today Ophthalmology)
Source: MedPage Today Ophthalmology - August 25, 2015 Category: Opthalmology Source Type: news
What Are Common Drug Eruptions in Children?
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Drug reactions unfortunately are common in children and adults. These reactions have different but often overlapping appearances. Viral exanthams also often cloud the picture as these rashes can be because of the drug, the virus or both.
Patients with urticaria multiforme present with an acute rash that appears as urticaria plaques that have a hemorrhagic or dusky discoloration. It occurs 1-3 days after viral symptoms (including cough, rhinorrhea, diarrhea) and may also present with fever.
Morbilliform drug eruptions one of the most common drug reactions in children and usually occur 7-14 days after the onset ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - July 27, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Disease Assessment in Systemic VasculitisDisease Assessment in Systemic Vasculitis
What is the most effective method of assessing disease level in systemic vasculitis, and how could biomarkers produce a more accurate description of disease and identify potential targets for therapy? Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology Journal Article Source Type: news
The Long-term Outcomes of Systemic VasculitisThe Long-term Outcomes of Systemic Vasculitis
What is the long-term outcome for patients with systemic vasculitis, and how important is early diagnosis and treatment? Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 8, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology Journal Article Source Type: news
Unlabeled amphetamine isomer in sports supplement “probably” caused hemorrhagic stroke
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Hemorrhagic Stroke Probably Caused by Exercise Combined With a Sports Supplement Containing β-Methylphenylethylamine (BMPEA): A Case Report. Cohen P et al. Ann Intern Med 2015 May 12 [Epub ahead of print]
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Last month, the FDA sent letters to 5 companies that manufacture so-called “dietary” or “sports” supplements, warning them that their products were mislabeled because they contained an unlisted ingredient.
That ingredient, β-methylphenylethylamine (BMPEA), is an isomer of amphetamine. Although the effects of BMPEA in humans have not been well studied, it has been ...
Source: The Poison Review - May 22, 2015 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical amphetamine beta-methylphenylethylamine BMPEA dietary supplement hemorrhagic stroke sports supplement Source Type: news
Multidrug-related leukocytoclastic vasculitis raising suspicion of sexual homicide-things are not always what they seem - Tattoli L, Krocker K, Sautter J, Tsokos M.
We report the case of a 35-year-old female deceased who had suffered from a borderline pers... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - May 20, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
The Nose Holds Clues in Vasculitis (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Nasal gene profiling revealed upregulation associated with innate immune system in polyangiitis. (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - May 9, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Leukocytoclastic vasculitis incidence underestimated
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The incidence of leukocytoclastic vasculitis in the general population is 1.5 to 3 times higher than previously reported, based on data from a large, population-based study.
Based on these findings, leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV) is “more common than cutaneous lupus,” said Dr.... (Source: Skin and Allergy News)
Source: Skin and Allergy News - May 1, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: SAN Conference News FPN Conferences IMN Conferences RHEUM Conference News SAN Clinical News SAN News FPN News IMN News Source Type: news
Halo Sign Aids Vasculitis Dx
(MedPage Today) -- A shadow could be seen on ultrasound around the temporal artery in half of patients with giant cell arteritis. (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 30, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Patient-Reported QoL Linked to Vasculitis Disease Ratings (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Patient reports mirror activity score in ANCA vasculitis. (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 12, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Rituxan Scores in Rare Vasculitis (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Both neuropathic and kidney manifestations cleared with anti-B cell drug. (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - April 5, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Disease Relapse Common in Pediatric Vasculitis (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Severe flares prevalent in the ANCA-associated subtypes. (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - March 31, 2015 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news
