Early gout flares after starting allopurinol are often mistaken for drug failure.

In reality, they reflect crystal mobilization during urate lowering - exactly why prophylaxis is essential.

Good gout care is guideline-driven and patient-centered.

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🧩 In Rheumatology, diagnosis often begins long before the first lab report.
It starts with a pattern — a constellation of clues that only trained eyes can see.

A rash here.
A joint swelling there.
An antibody that whispers instead of shouts.

Put them together… and the mystery unfolds.
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🧭 CBC in Autoimmune Disease

Every line tells a story — from inflammation to cytopenias.

🔹 10 key CBC patterns (RA, SLE, vasculitis, MAS)
🔹 5 subtle signals (macrocytosis, eosinophilia, monocytosis, lymphopenia, smear clues)

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🩵 THREAD: Understanding Your RA Treatments 🩵
Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis?
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That was a great debut

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Pulmonary manifestations of SLE

Dubois' Lupus Erythematosus and Related Syndromes -10th edition

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