| han 90% of people with lupus have skin symptoms, | | | | involve any part of the body and the erythematosus |
| and it was seen that these symptoms are more | | | | lesions may resemble a drug reaction as they involve |
| common in whites than in African Americans. | | | | palms and soles. The lesions are usually pruritic, and |
| In those patients who have systemic lupus | | | | the maculopapular rash usually occurs after sun |
| erythematosus there can appear many types of | | | | exposure. Most of the time, these lesions heal without |
| rashes, while the classic lupus rash is a redness on the | | | | scarring, but there exists the possibility that persistent |
| cheeks. | | | | lesions that become crusty to heal with only slight |
| A special characteristic rash is the one brought by | | | | atrophy of the skin. |
| discoid lupus, which manifests as red skin patches on | | | | Chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus can appear |
| the skin and scaliness and can lead to scarring. It often | | | | anywhere, although usually it affects scalp and ears, |
| appears on the face and scalp and can lead to loss of | | | | and the rash may be pruritic. At the beginning, the |
| scalp hair. | | | | lesions are erythematous, slightly elevated papules or |
| Hair loss can also occur because of the | | | | plaques, in time they become raised, bright red, |
| immunosuppressive medications, or with flares of | | | | edematous, then the center becomes depressed, the |
| systemic lupus erythematosus, even without skin | | | | colour fades and becomes atrophic, and the |
| rashes in the scalp. | | | | edematous red periphery slowly enlarges and |
| An erythematous rash in a butterfly distribution on the | | | | becomes irregular with some telangiectasias. We must |
| face can show the presence of the acute cutaneous | | | | also mention that there are follicular plugging |
| lupus erythematosus. Located in both cheeks and | | | | characterized by small round areas of hyperkeratosis |
| across the bridge of the nose, this blush is slightly | | | | in older lesions. It was seen that usually, these lesions |
| edematous and appears usually after sun exposure, | | | | heal with scarring and hyperpigmentation or |
| persists a few days and heals without scarring. It is | | | | hypopigmentation. |
| known that there can appear erythematous lesions in | | | | If the lesions that are involving the scalp are |
| other areas of the body too. | | | | erythematous and scaly, the hair usually grows back, |
| The subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus is | | | | but if the lesion heals with scarring the hair loss is |
| dealing with localized or generalized lesions, may | | | | permanent. |