Description:

In this latest installment of Around the Rheum’s “Ask the Expert” segment, Dr. Janet Pope takes questions from host Dr. Daniel Ennis and you, our listeners, on the diagnosis and treatment of Lupus.

Topics include: what constitutes a lupus-related rash, when do oral and nasal ulcers matter, differentiating between pathologic and normal hair loss, hydroxychloroquine and the risk of long QT syndrome, low dose steroids, and more!

Thanks to Dr. Juan Antonio Aviña-Zubieta, Lupologist and Associate Prof at UBC for sending in a question for this week's episode.

You, too, can have your question featured on an episode of Around the Rheum!

 To ask questions for our upcoming "Ask the Expert" segments and Scleroderma Pearls and Treatment, e-mail us at info@rheum.ca or tag our Twitter account with your question @crascrrheum.

Bios:

Dr. Janet Pope is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine, London, Ontario. She is also the Division Head in Rheumatology at St. Joseph's Health Centre in London. 

Dr. Daniel Ennis is a Rheumatologist and Vasculitis Specialist at the University of British Columbia.

Special Thanks:

Around the Rheum is produced by the Canadian Rheumatology Association's Communications Committee. A special thank you to the podcast team, Dr. Dax G. Rumsey (CRA Communications Committee Chair), Dr. Daniel Ennis (Host), David McGuffin (Producer, Explore Podcast Productions) and Kevin Baijnauth (CRA) for leading production.

 Our theme music was composed by Aaron Fontwell.

 For more on the work of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, visit rheum.ca