I was diagnosed with SLE in Jan 2013 and at the time, was told it was the non organ affecting. However, in the last few months I have had pericarditis and a little bit of fluid on the heart. Does this mean that it is now organ affecting SLE?
Does this mean it's organ affecting SLE? - LUPUS UK
Does this mean it's organ affecting SLE?
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Not really - they don't class pericarditis as organ affecting as it is 'only' the membrane around the heart that's affected and it can be resolved swiftly with steroids. Organ-affecting in respect of heart would be heart valve or heart muscle, that sort of thing. I have had pericarditis too - not nice but you can get rid of it.
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