Inflammatory rheumatic diseases in migrants

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The immigration of people from other countries or even from other continents represents new challenges even for rheumatologists. Although all inflammatory rheumatic diseases that occur in this country also exist in the countries of origin of immigrants, the frequencies are different. Diseases such as familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) or Behçet syndrome (BS) are rare in western Europe but are often more frequent than rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondylarthritis (SPA) in North Africa and Mediterranean countries. Furthermore, FMF is associated with the occurrence of spondyloarthritis, which is then frequently negative for the human leucocyte antigen B27 (HLA-B27). There is also an association with BS. Rheumatic fever also still occurs relatively frequently especially in African countries, whereas it is almost eradicated in Europe. Possible differential diagnoses such as rheumatic symptoms in genetically determined anemia or infections such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections, hepatitis, tuberculosis and parasitosis need to be considered as they are all much more frequent in the countries of origin of immigrants than in northwestern Europe. Last but not least, the treatment situation with modern diagnostic and treatment modalities is different in the countries of origin of the migrants, either because these possibilities are unavailable due to limited resources or because the situation has dramatically deteriorated due to acute events, such as the recent war in Ukraine.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:64

Enthalten in:

Innere Medizin (Heidelberg, Germany) - 64(2023), 5 vom: 26. Mai, Seite 426-434

Sprache:

Deutsch

Weiterer Titel:

Entzündlich-rheumatische Erkrankungen bei Migranten

Beteiligte Personen:

Kötter, Ina [VerfasserIn]
Krusche, Martin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Behçet syndrome
English Abstract
Familial Mediterranean fever
Journal Article
Lupus erythematosus, systemic
Review
Rheumatic fever
Spondyloarthritis

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Date Completed 12.05.2023

Date Revised 12.05.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00108-023-01514-0

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NLM356028666