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Why nightmares and ‘daymares’ could be early warning signs of autoimmune disease

Why nightmares and ‘daymares’ could be early warning signs of autoimmune disease

An increase in nightmares and hallucinations – or ‘daymares’ – could herald the onset of autoimmune diseases such as lupus, say an international team led by researchers at the University of Cambridge and King’s College London.

The researchers argue that there needs to be greater recognition that these types of mental health and neurological symptoms can act as an early warning sign that an individual is approaching a ‘flare’, where their disease worsens for a period.

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Time to move on from ‘doctor knows best’, say experts, as study finds clinicians rank patient views as least important in diagnosis

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Time to move on from ‘doctor knows best’, say experts, as study finds clinicians rank patient views as least important in diagnosis

Experts today call for more value to be given to patients’ ‘lived experiences’ as a study of over 1,000 patients and clinicians found multiple examples of patient reports being under-valued.

The research, led by a team at the University of Cambridge and Kings’ College London, found that clinicians ranked patient self-assessments as least important in diagnostic decisions, and said that patients both over- and under-played their symptoms more often than patients reported doing so.

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Study finds ‘startling’ levels of hidden mental health symptoms among autoimmune disease patients

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Study finds ‘startling’ levels of hidden mental health symptoms among autoimmune disease patients

In a study published today in Rheumatology, researchers found that over half of the patients had rarely or never reported their mental health symptoms to a clinician, and that the range of possible mental health and neurological symptoms is much wider than has been previously reported.

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