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Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Cold Urticaria Prevalence ... clinical associations ... Autoimmune diseases ... #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #comparison #table
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
their Disease Associations ... common in SLE, autoimmune ... microsomal) - Autoimmune ... Autoantibodies #Associations ... #table #rheumatology
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIM's)

RASH + MUSCLE WEAKNESS → Consider idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM's)

 • Overlap Myositis
inflammatory myopathy ... that occurs in association ... features of another autoimmune ... connective tissue disease ... IIMs #diagnosis #rheumatology
Hydroxychloroquine - Risks and Benefits in Lupus
Benefits:
↓ Disease activity, ↓ Flare, ↓ Damage, ↓ Corticosteroid dose,
Benefits: ↓ Disease ... Prolonged QTc (association ... aquagenic urticaria ... Neuro-muscular: vacuolar myopathy ... #sideeffects #rheumatology
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Autoimmune Myositis ... RP-ILD), dermato-rheumatologic ... -1 antibodies (ANA ... (also seen in association ... #rheumatology #