Skin thickening, "mask face", joint swelling and pain ... These may be the special free skin diagnosis clinic waiting for you

In the hot summer, the 13th "World Cardiasis Day" is about to usher in. The Department of Rheumatology and Immunology of Xi'an Red Club Hospital will hold a special free clinic of "hard skin without fear, laughing for rheumatism" to protect the health of the citizens.

Hard skin disease, also known as systemic sclerosis, is an autoimmune diffuse connective tissue disease. The incidence rate is low. The patients are mostly women. The ratio of men and women is 1: 4, and children are relatively rare.

The onset of hard skin disease was hidden. 90%of the patients were expressed by the phenomenon of Renault. The Renault phenomenon refers to the distinctive color changes of the skin of the fingers (toe), which is pale, then turned purple, and turned red. In addition, Clinically, the dedication of skin thickening or fibrosis into typical features in clinical clinical features will increase the skin's whole body skin thickening and harder, lose the original elasticity, cause normal surface lines to disappear, reduce the nose, and become thinner lips, forming a "mask face face face face "Patients even smile and eat. In addition, joint swelling and pain, rash, and end finger arechemic necrosis can occur. In severe cases, the hearts, lungs, digestive systems, kidneys and other systems of multiple organs can be affected. Difficulty, bloating, acid reflux, diarrhea, proteinuria, and increased blood pressure.

If the citizens have relevant symptoms, they can go to the free clinic site for consultation. The free consultation time was from 8: 30-10: 00 am on June 29th.

Xi'an Newspaper All Media Journalist Ma Xiang

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