Toward Understanding of Environmental Risk Factors in Systemic Sclerosis [Formula: see text].
Lydia OucheneAnastasiya MuntyanuJérôme LavouéMurray BaronIvan V LitvinovElena NetchiporoukPublished in: Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery (2020)
It may be prudent to counsel our patients with SSc (or those at risk of SSc) to avoid occupations with exposure to silica, organic solvents, asbestos and epoxy resins; restraint from smoking, using cocaine or drugs with pro-fibrotic potential. While the association between low vitamin D and SSc remains to be confirmed, we believe that SSc patients should be encouraged to maintain healthy vitamin D levels as benefits outweigh the risks.
Keyphrases
- systemic sclerosis
- interstitial lung disease
- risk factors
- end stage renal disease
- human health
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- smoking cessation
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- risk assessment
- ionic liquid
- human milk
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- preterm infants
- climate change
- prefrontal cortex