A New Onset of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Developed After Bee Venom Therapy

Lupus is a systemic autoimmune disease of an unknown origin, and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can be triggered by numerous stimuli. Bee venom therapy is an alternative therapy that is believed to be effective for various kinds of arthritis. We present here a case of a 49-year-old female who ex...

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Autores principales: Rho, Young Hee, Woo, Jin-Hyun, Choi, Seong Jae, Lee, Young Ho, Ji, Jong Dae, Song, Gwan Gyu
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19721868
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2009.24.3.283
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author Rho, Young Hee
Woo, Jin-Hyun
Choi, Seong Jae
Lee, Young Ho
Ji, Jong Dae
Song, Gwan Gyu
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Woo, Jin-Hyun
Choi, Seong Jae
Lee, Young Ho
Ji, Jong Dae
Song, Gwan Gyu
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description Lupus is a systemic autoimmune disease of an unknown origin, and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can be triggered by numerous stimuli. Bee venom therapy is an alternative therapy that is believed to be effective for various kinds of arthritis. We present here a case of a 49-year-old female who experienced a new onset lupus after undergoing bee venom therapy, and this looked like a case of angioedema. The patient was successfully treated with high dose steroids and antimalarial drugs. We discuss the possibility of bee venom contributing to the development of SLE, and we suggest that such treatment should be avoided in patients with lupus.
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spelling pubmed-27327912009-09-01 A New Onset of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Developed After Bee Venom Therapy Rho, Young Hee Woo, Jin-Hyun Choi, Seong Jae Lee, Young Ho Ji, Jong Dae Song, Gwan Gyu Korean J Intern Med Case Report Lupus is a systemic autoimmune disease of an unknown origin, and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can be triggered by numerous stimuli. Bee venom therapy is an alternative therapy that is believed to be effective for various kinds of arthritis. We present here a case of a 49-year-old female who experienced a new onset lupus after undergoing bee venom therapy, and this looked like a case of angioedema. The patient was successfully treated with high dose steroids and antimalarial drugs. We discuss the possibility of bee venom contributing to the development of SLE, and we suggest that such treatment should be avoided in patients with lupus. The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2009-09 2009-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC2732791/ /pubmed/19721868 http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2009.24.3.283 Text en Copyright © 2009 The Korean Association of Internal Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Rho, Young Hee
Woo, Jin-Hyun
Choi, Seong Jae
Lee, Young Ho
Ji, Jong Dae
Song, Gwan Gyu
A New Onset of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Developed After Bee Venom Therapy
title A New Onset of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Developed After Bee Venom Therapy
title_full A New Onset of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Developed After Bee Venom Therapy
title_fullStr A New Onset of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Developed After Bee Venom Therapy
title_full_unstemmed A New Onset of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Developed After Bee Venom Therapy
title_short A New Onset of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Developed After Bee Venom Therapy
title_sort new onset of systemic lupus erythematosus developed after bee venom therapy
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19721868
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2009.24.3.283
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