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medicine for churg strauss syndrome
A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. Miles Mitchell answered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Considered safe: All medications have potential side effects, some of them severe, and Singulair is no exception. Churg-Strauss is among those possible effects. Howe ... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
Dr. Douglas Arenberg answered
31 years experience Pulmonary Critical Care
Steroids and more: Cyclophosphamide is the most well proven agent for churg-strauss syndrome, in combination with prednisone. The combo usually used to induce a remissio ... Read More
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Dr. Angus Worthing answered
18 years experience Internal Medicine
Immune suppression: Css can be treated by medications that suppress the immune system. Prednisone is most helpful initially. Based on what organ is affected, another agen ... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Yash Khanna answered
57 years experience Family Medicine
Diagnostic markers: Following diagnostic markers
eosinophilic granulocytes and granuloma in affected tissue
antinutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies(anca)
eosinophilia.
A 54-year-old member asked:
Dr. Douglas Arenberg answered
31 years experience Pulmonary Critical Care
Involves many organs: Churg-strauss syndrome is an autoimmune disorder that affects small blood vessels and (by definition) includes asthma that is often difficult to contr ... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bruce Rothschild answered
48 years experience Rheumatology
Rash, kidney disease: This is a form of vasculitis, often related to allergic reaction, which can produce rashes, kidney disease and other multisystem damage.
A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Friedlander answered
44 years experience Pathology
Good nowadays: This is actually more responsive to glucocorticoids than are some of the other vasculitis syndromes. I have a colleague who had to take a year off to ... Read More
A 33-year-old male asked:
Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
Churg Strauss: Churg Strauss syndrome = a disease that causes blood vessel inflammation .
A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. John Overholt answered
26 years experience Allergy and Immunology
4 of these 6: Asthma, eosinophilia(>10%), neuropathy, migratory pulmonary infiltrates, paranasal sinus disease, eosinophilic vasculitis of small/medium blood vessel ... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jack Mutnick answered
17 years experience Allergy and Immunology
Yes: You need to see an asthma or pulmonary specialist for specific treatment. Every patient is different and need to be treated individually. What works f ... Read More
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Dr. Olivia Liao answered
31 years experience Ophthalmology
Highly variable: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/churg-strauss-syndrome/ds00855.
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