Pleural effusion in Takayasu arteritis: think infection rather than disease activity!

Misra, Durga Prasanna; Thakare, D.; Rathore, Upendra; Agarwal, Vikas

doi:10.1007/s10067-023-06551-6

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“…The epidemiology of systemic vasculitis (of which Takayasu arteritis and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis are most commonly encountered in India) and Sjogren's syndrome in India is yet to be studied. [35][36][37][38] Few studies have assessed the health economics related to rheumatic diseases in India. The problem of manpower to deal with rheumatic diseases is another important consideration.…”

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The Epidemiology of Rheumatic Diseases in India

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Sharma,

Dharmanand

et al. 2024

Indian Journal of Rheumatology

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Epidemiological studies, referred to as the Community Oriented Program for Control of Rheumatic Diseases (COPCORD) studies, have been conducted under the aegis of the International League against Rheumatism and the World Health Organization to evaluate the epidemiology of rheumatic and musculoskeletal (RMSK) diseases in India. These COPCORD studies conducted in rural Bhigwan and urban Pune in Maharashtra, rural Calicut and rural Trivandrum in Kerala and rural and urban Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, along with data from the Global Burden of Diseases study have helped to understand the burden of rheumatic diseases in the community. Based on these studies, RMSK diseases, which are amongst the top 25 causes of disability in the Indian population, are prevalent in nearly 25%–30% of the Indian population. The common rheumatic diseases in the community are soft tissue rheumatism, neck and back pain, fibromyalgia and unspecified pains and osteoarthritis (most commonly affecting the knee). These diseases most commonly affect young persons between the third to the fifth decade of life, more often affect females, are prevalent in both rural and urban populations, and account for considerable disability in up to one-fifth of individuals leading to loss of livelihood and dependence on others for self-care. Community-based national healthcare programs to manage RMSK diseases at the community level are urgently needed. There also remains an unmet need to train more doctors to diagnose and manage rheumatic diseases at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels of care.

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