Systemic disease
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A systemic disease is one that affects a number of
Examples
- Mastocytosis, including mast cell activation syndrome and eosinophilic esophagitis
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Systemic vasculitis e.g. SLE, PAN
- Sarcoidosis – a disease that mainly affects the lungs, brain, joints and eyes, found most often in young African-American women.
- Hypothyroidism – where the thyroid gland produces too little thyroid hormones.
- Diabetes mellitus– an imbalance in blood glucose (sugar) levels.
- Fibromyalgia
- Ehlers-Danlos syndromes- an inherited connective tissue disorder with multiple subcategories
- Adrenal insufficiency – where the adrenal glands don't produce enough steroid hormones
- Coeliac disease – an autoimmune disease triggered by gluten consumption, which may involve several organs and cause a variety of symptoms, or be completely asymptomatic.[2]
- Ulcerative colitis – an inflammatory bowel disease
- Crohn's disease – an inflammatory bowel disease
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Metabolic syndrome
- AIDS– a disease caused by a virus that cripples the body's immune defenses.
- Graves' disease – a thyroid disorder, most often in women, which can cause a goiter (swelling in the front part of the neck) and protruding eyes.
- Systemic lupus erythematosus– a connective tissue disorder involving mainly the skin, joints and kidneys.
- Rheumatoid arthritis – an inflammatory disease which mainly attacks the joints. But can also affect a person's skin, eyes, lungs and mouth.
- Atherosclerosis – a hardening of the arteries
- Sickle cell disease – an inherited blood disorder that can block circulation throughout the body, primarily affecting people of sub-Saharan origin.
- Myasthenia gravis
- Systemic sclerosis
- Sinusitis
- Sjogren's Syndrome - an autoimmune disease that primarily attacks the lacrimal and salivary glands, but also impacts other organs such as the lungs, kidneys, liver, and nervous system.
Detection
Getting a regular
eye exam may play a role in identifying the signs of some systemic diseases.[3] "The eye is composed of many different types of tissue. This unique feature makes the eye susceptible to a wide variety of diseases as well as provides insights into many body systems. Almost any part of the eye can give important clues to the diagnosis of systemic diseases. Signs of a systemic disease may be evident on the outer surface of the eye (eyelids, conjunctiva and cornea), middle of the eye and at the back of the eye (retina)."[4]
Since
nail matrix located just under the cuticle. As the nail grows, the area closest to becoming exposed to the outside world (distal) produces the deeper layers of the nail plate, while the part of the nail matrix deeper inside the finger (proximal) makes the superficial layers. Any disruption in this growth process can lead to an alteration in the shape and texture.[citation needed
]
For example, pitting looks like depressions in the hard part of the nail. Pitting is to be associated with
atopic dermatitis or chemical dermatitis) that disrupts orderly growth in that area also can cause pitting.[7]
See also
References
- ^ Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary,28th edition (Harcourt Brace & Company). Page 489,1653
- PMID 26438584.
- ^ "Your Eyes Could Be the Windows to Your Health". American Academy of Ophthalmology. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ "The Eye in Systemic Disease" (University of Illinois at Chicago: 2008), Available at: http://www.uic.edu/com/eye/LearningAboutVision/EyeFacts/SystemicDisease.shtml, Accessed 20 August 2009.
- ^ Mayeaux EJ Jr. Nail disorders. Prim Care 2000;27: 333-51.
- ^ Daniel CR 3d, Sams WM Jr, Scher RK. Nails in systemic disease. Dermatol Clin 1985;3:465-83.
- ^ Eds. ROBERT S. FAWCETT, M.D., M.S., SEAN LINFORD, M.D., and DANIEL L. STULBERG, M.D., Nail Abnormalities: Clues to Systemic Disease (American Family Physician, March 15, 2004), Available at http://www.aafp.org/afp/20040315/1417.html, Accessed 20 August 2009.