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What Causes Connective Tissue Disease?
I am a schhool nurse. I have a student with a connective tissue disease. She has been having fainting episodes with increased blood pressure, sweating and confusion with exercise. Today she at an episode at rest, very confused and did not know her name. What should I reccomen the parents do?
Mon, 27 Jul 2015
This girl may be having a cardiac or a nephropathy due to connective tissue disorder.She needs to be urgently referred to a rheumatologist to start steroids and disease modifying drugs.
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