Observational study on patients suffering of raynaud’s phenomenon

Abstract EN

Aim of the study : We examined Raynaud’s phenomenon in systemic sclerosis (SSc), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to determine its relation to the clinical and laboratory data of different rheumatic diseases.

Material : Thirty-six patients were included in our study 18 of them with and 18 without Raynaud’s phenomenon.

Results : There was a significant difference between both groups as regards clinical data of cerebritis, nephritis and systolic blood pressure where such were higher in the Raynaud’s positive group than Raynaud’s negative group.

Conclusion: These findings can be explained on the patho-physiological basis of the disease itself.

We can get either affection of the kidney (nephritis) or vasculitis presenting by cerebritis or due to the circulating endothelin substance.