Primary antiphospholipid syndrome with and without limb ischemia: A retrospective observational study.

Objective: To compare clinical and laboratory data obtained from patients with primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome (PAPS) with and without limb ischemia (LI).

Methods: A transverse study with 66 (83.3% female) PAPS patients was performed.

Nutraceuticals improved physical performance in an ankylosing spondylitis patient reaching 200 km of cycling per week.

Background: To describe for the first time a patient with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) successfully treated with cycling, and marked improvement of his physical performance after nutraceuticals.

Case Report: A 63-year-old male with a diagnosis of AS. He received several kinds of drugs.

Autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA) with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome after silicone breast implantation: Case report.

This study illustrates two patients who developed autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA) with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) after silicone breast implant (SBI) and improved after SBI extraction.

Sydenham's Chorea as the First Manifestation of Rheumatic Fever in Two Boys.

Unlabelled: Sydenham's chorea is a cardinal manifestation of rheumatic fever, but it is more common in girls. We describe two boys who developed Sydenham's chorea and were successfully treated.

Case 1: A 5-year-old boy started an involuntary movement of his hand, progressing to all the upper limbs, bilaterally.

Height associated with different clinical expressions in primary antiphospholipid syndrome female patients.

Objective: To compare clinical and laboratory data obtained from patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome (pAPS) above and below 165 cm of height.

Patients And Methods: A cross-sectional study with 66 (83.3% female) pAPS patients was performed.

Clinical and therapeutical features of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus associated with gastroparesis: A systematic review.

This paper aims to analyze the clinical, therapeutic, and evolutionary characteristics of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that is associated with gastroparesis. We have systematically researched articles published in Pubmed, MEDLINE, LILACS, and Scielo dating from 1966 to April 2020. All the researched articles are based on gastroparesis and SLE in the following literature: English, Chinese, and Japanese.

Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome with and Without Acute Myocardial Infarction/Angina: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Introduction: Acute myocardial infarct/angina (AMI-A) is a possible complication in primary antiphospholipid syndrome (pAPS) patients. This study compares data obtained from pAPS patients with and without AMI-A.

Methods: This cross-sectional study of 66 (85.

Antiphospholipid Syndrome Associated with Nonradiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis.

Herein, we describe a patient with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) associated with nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (NRAS). A 31-year-old woman with a past medical history of uveitis experienced a pulmonary thromboembolism in March 2014 and was treated with rivaroxaban (20 mg/day). Five months later, she started complaining of low back pain.

Evaluation of Big Five personality factors in women with fibromyalgia: a cross-sectional study.

Personality traits have been shown to contribute to the development and persistence of fibromyalgia (FM)-related symptoms. The aim of this study was to identify the most prevalent personality factor in Brazilian female FM patients, using the Factorial Personality Battery (FPB) and comparing patients to age-matched healthy controls. This was a cross-sectional study based on 40 FM patients and 40 age-matched controls.

Essential oil therapy in rheumatic diseases: A systematic review.

Objectives: This paper aims to review articles that have evaluated the role of essential oil therapy in patients with rheumatic diseases.

Methodology: Systematic review. No study design or language limitation was applied.

Negativization of antinuclear, anti-dsDNA, and anti-chromatin antibodies after vitamin D supplementation in a lupus patient.

Background: A previous study have evaluated that antinuclear antibodies (ANA) negativization is linked to low lupus disease activity.

Aim: To describe a lupus patient who evolved with negativization of ANA, anti-dsDNA, and anti-chromatin antibodies after vitamin D supplementation.

Method: Case report.

Fibromyalgia associated with Chagas' disease treated with nutraceuticals.

Objective: To describe a patient with Chagas' disease diagnosed with concomitant fibromyalgia and treated by an alternative approach and review the fibromyalgia-infections relationship.

Methods: The literature was reviewed for fibromyalgia association with infectious agents, using PubMed, spanning 2000-2020. The keywords were: fibromyalgia, infections, bacteria, microbe, and parasite.

Safety of megadose of vitamin D in patients with nephrolithiasis.

Objective: This article describes two patients with renal lithiasis who received a megadose of 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25[OH]D) and had a good outcome.

Methods: The first case reports a 74-year-old man with a long-term history of renal lithiasis and about four episodes of renal crisis. He was treated once with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.