JUVENILE DERMATOMYOSITIS AND CALCINOSIS

Juvenile Dermatomiositis (JD) is autoimmune disease that progresses with time; JD's main differentiated syndromes are rash on the skin, poor function of muscles, and often developing invalidism. If the health practitioners manage to diagnose the JD on an early stage and prescribe the adequate treatment the disease will not progress aggressively. This approach is tangible for practical rheumatology and pediatric. The article aims to present the reasons of the development of the JD and calcinosis. The study based on the description of the patients with JD. There are distinguished the main symptoms of the disease in children: frequent and acute developments of muscles calcinosis, occasionally with diffuse character followed with hypotrophy of the muscles, contractures and invalidism. One of the patient cases that describe the article is the thirteen-year boy with JD indicating repeated sequence of the disease, with diffusive calcinosis, cellulitis followed with secondary infection and impaired vision.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2015

Enthalten in:

Georgian medical news - (2015), 244-245 vom: 02. Juli, Seite 56-61

Sprache:

Russisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhvania, M [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Journal Article
Prednisone
VB0R961HZT

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 21.04.2016

Date Revised 21.02.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM250906457