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Diagnosed With Lupus. Safe To Go Ahead With Tummy Tuck Surgery?
My daughter in law was planning on a tummy tuck in the next couple of months, but was just diagnosed with Lupus. Would it now be unwise to go ahead with the surgery? She's scheduled for a consultation with the plastic surgeon in two weeks, but will cancel the appointment if this is something that she now needs to forget about. She hasn't had a chance to speak with her primary care doctor yet, because she was notified via email with the results of her blood work. Thank you very much
Tue, 30 Apr 2013
Hi !
Well , presently she needs to be evaluated for the disease activity by doing some routine tests like CRP, ESR , Urine R/M , for proteins , RFT etc. . If they are raised that means disease activity is going on . plus there is a concern about the medications she will be on by your doctor . if she is on immunosupressive therapy that needs consideration . so , in nutshell she needs detailed evaluation for lupus before undertaking any kind of procedure because that may lead to disease flare.
Thanx.
Take care.
Well , presently she needs to be evaluated for the disease activity by doing some routine tests like CRP, ESR , Urine R/M , for proteins , RFT etc. . If they are raised that means disease activity is going on . plus there is a concern about the medications she will be on by your doctor . if she is on immunosupressive therapy that needs consideration . so , in nutshell she needs detailed evaluation for lupus before undertaking any kind of procedure because that may lead to disease flare.
Thanx.
Take care.
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