Cerebrovascular Disease in Rheumatic Diseases

Cerebrovascular Disease in Rheumatic Diseases

Cerebrovascular Disease in Rheumatic Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Some rheumatic diseases are associated with stroke. Less is known about associations with stroke subtypes or stroke risk by age. We quantified the association between stroke, its subtypes, and rheumatic diseases and identified when stroke risk is greatest. METHODS Searches of EMBASE (from 1980) and MEDLINE (from inception) to end 2014 and manual search of reference list...

Fasting and rheumatic diseases

Fasting is one of the important religious practices of Muslims, in which the individuals abstain from eating and drinking from dawn to sunset. Fasting is not obligatory or even not allowed, in case it causes health problems to the fasting individual. Rheumatic diseases are a major group of chronic diseases which can bring about numerous problems while fasting. The aim of this article is to revi...

Thyroid diseases and cerebrovascular disease.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Acute cerebral ischemia has been described in different diseases of the thyroid gland, and not only as a result of thyrotoxic atrial fibrillation and cardioembolic stroke. The purpose of this review is to summarize the studies on the relationship between thyroid diseases and cerebrovascular diseases, discussing the main findings for overt hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidis...

[Periodontal disease in pediatric rheumatic diseases].

Gingivitis and periodontitis are immunoinflammatory periodontal diseases characterized by chronic localized infections usually associated with insidious inflammation This narrative review discusses periodontal diseases and mechanisms influencing the immune response and autoimmunity in pediatric rheumatic diseases (PRD), particularly juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), childhood-onset systemic ...