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Pleurisy is an inflammation of the pleura, transparent membranes that cover the lungs and line the inside chest walls. If excess fluid accumulates between the membranes it is called pleural effusion, if not it is known as dry pleurisy. Types of fluid in the pleural space may be blood (hemothorax), pus (empyema), milky fluid caused by lymphatic blockage (chylothorax), or high-cholesterol fluid.
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Ankylosing spondylitis is a connective tissue disease characterized by inflammation of the spine and large joints. The most common symptom is back pain.
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Behçet's syndrome produces recurring, painful mouth sores, skin blisters, genital sores, and swollen joints.
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Although polymyalgia rheumatica, which usually affects those over 50, causes severe pain and stiffness in muscles of the neck, shoulders, and hips, it does not cause weakness or damage.
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Polymyositis is the inflammation and degeneration of muscles. When accompanied by skin inflammation it's dermatomyositis. Relapsing polychondritis is an uncommon disorder involving inflammation of cartilage. Vasculitis is an inflammation of blood vessels.
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Almost all suffers of mixed connective tissue disease will present with an unusual antibody to ribonucleoprotein, but without the other antibodies associated with lupus.
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The CREST syndrome (limited cutaneous sclerosis) is a less severe form of scleroderma. The acronym: calcium deposits in skin and body; Raynaud's; esophageal dysfunction; sclerodactyly (skin damage on fingers); and telangiectasia (spider veins).
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Scleroderma (systemic sclerosis) causes degenerative changes and scarring in the skin, joints, and internal organs, as well as blood vessel abnormalities. First symptoms are usually thickening and swelling of fingertips, and Raynaud's phenomenon.
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Discoid lupus erythematosus is characterized by clearly defined round, red patches on the skin, most commonly appearing on the cheeks, nose, scalp,and ears. Systemic lupus erythematosus results in episodes of inflamed joints, tendons, and other connective tissues. Lupus is highly variable in severity and organs affected.
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Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which the joints are symmetrically inflamed, resulting in swelling, pain, and the eventual destruction of the joints' interiors.
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Immune reactions are characterized by inflammation, which is a normal repair process, that abnormally becomes chronic in autoimmune diseases. Diagnosis is based on symptom patterns, physical exam findings, and lab tests.
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