{"id":2156,"date":"2018-06-13T05:12:36","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T05:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/besthealth.guide\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2021-10-06T00:45:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T00:45:54","slug":"8-symptoms-of-sweet-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/besthealth.guide\/8-symptoms-of-sweet-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Symptoms of Sweet Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"No, the Sweet Syndrome has nothing to do with eating sweets. It is not a type of diabetes or sickness that you develop after a weekend of indulging in candy and chocolate. It is called Sweet Syndrome because it was first described in the sixties by a man called Robert Douglas Sweet, and it is also known in the medical community as acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis.<\/p>\n

It is a skin condition that some people develop after a fever and is believed to be caused by a malfunction in our immune system. In some cases, it can be an indication of an underlying problem, such as an infection or even cancer that our body is fighting. Sweet Syndrome is not dangerous in itself, it is not contagious and sometimes goes away on its own with no need for treatment, but it can be a sign of an underlying health condition that your body is fighting.<\/p>\n

1. Skin rashes<\/h3>\n

The most common symptom of the Sweet syndrome is a very characteristic skin rash<\/a>, so much so that in some cases a doctor can diagnose Sweet syndrome by just looking at your body. The rash often starts as small bumps on your skin, that are red or dark red, even purple. They often appear on the upper body, and sometimes can be painful or tender, which makes this syndrome a quite uncomfortable condition, as well as aesthetically disrupting for some people.<\/p>\n

These bumps are not contagious, but they can become infected if they get injured, so it is important to protect them and take care if you have Sweet syndrome. Sometimes, the syndrome also causes the appearance of blisters on your body, and you have to be especially careful with them if you don\u2019t want them to break and get infected. These rashes do hurt but they do not itch.<\/p>\n

\"\"2. Skin patches<\/h3>\n

The second characteristic symptom of Sweet syndrome is how dynamic the rashes<\/a> behave. They don\u2019t just appear and disappear, they follow a very specific pattern that can help determine at first glance that you have Sweet syndrome. First, the bumps appear on the upper half of your body, especially the arms, the neck, and the face, but it is also common to see them appear on your legs.<\/p>\n

The chest, the abdomen, and the back are uncommon places where to find these skin rashes. Over the course of days and even weeks, the bumps can multiply and rashes grow so much that they merge together and become skin patches. These skin patches are also very tender and they can make your skin hurt. You are more likely to injure your skin, and it might bleed or become scarred. You need to keep an eye on your patches to prevent possible infections.<\/p>\n

\"\"3. Mouth sores<\/h3>\n

The most common symptoms of the Sweets syndrome occur on the skin, which is the outer layer of our body. However, other epithelia can also be affected by this condition, even if this happens in a fewer number of cases. When Sweet’s syndrome affects your mucous, which is the layer of tissue<\/a> that covers the inner surfaces of your body instead of the outer surfaces, it usually affects your mouth. You can have mouth sores inside your cheeks or the inner half of your lips.<\/p>\n

These sores are tender and hurt, especially when on contact with an object or another surface, and they can break and bleed inside your mouth. It is important to take care of your mouth sores with medication, there are mouth sprays and gels that you can apply to relieve the sores because if you don\u2019t do it they might get worse at the contact of your tongue or teeth.<\/p>\n

\"\"4. Conjunctivitis<\/h3>\n

Another surface of your body that is affected in a number of cases of Sweet syndrome is the white of your eye, which in medicine is called the cornea<\/a>. If you have Sweet syndrome, you might feel that your eyes are itchy and tender and that they have a pink or reddish color. This is caused by a reaction that increases the blood flow to the white of your eyes.<\/p>\n

Inside your eyeballs, there are small blood vessels that irrigate the tissue of your eyes, and when more blood flows through them, they distend and become bigger. When we see a pink eye, what we are seeing is the blood that is flowing right under the surface of our eyes. The technical term for this phenomenon is conjunctivitis, and it can happen as a part of an immune response that is typical of the Sweet syndrome. This is not contagious.\"\"<\/p>\n

5. Fatigue<\/h3>\n

The following three last symptoms do not affect the way the surface of your body looks but are often found among the patients diagnosed with Sweet syndrome. They are believed to be related to an increase in the activity of the immune system, or even a direct result of the underlying condition that your body is fighting when you develop the syndrome. One of those symptoms is fatigue<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You might feel tired or even sleepy, regardless of how much exercise you perform or how many hours you have slept the past few nights. This fatigue can be partially relieved by resting more, but it won\u2019t go away completely, because the cause is not how much effort you do during the day but the fight that is taking place inside your own body. Also, some conditions that trigger the Sweet syndrome, such as cancer, are known to absorb your energy and make you tired.\"\"<\/p>\n

6. Flu-like symptoms<\/h3>\n

Sweet syndrome is known to appear a few days or weeks after having a fever<\/a>, which is in itself another common symptom of an immune system actively fighting a condition or infection in your body. Sometimes, the fever could be caused by the flu of varying severity, and after a few days, you feel like the flu is back, or at least has never gone away. Some of these flu-like symptoms include tiredness, body ache, and congestion or soar throat.<\/p>\n

These symptoms might not be relieved by traditional flu medication and are in most cases a manifestation of your immune system battling against a foreign element, germs inside your body, or even a tumor. In some pregnant women, the body might even develop a Sweet syndrome with flu-like symptoms if the body itself has a hard time adapting to the new situation. Flu-like symptoms can be an indicator of a bigger problem.\"\"<\/p>\n

7. Headaches<\/h3>\n

In some cases, the flu-like symptoms that can accompany Sweet syndrome can include headaches<\/a>, but in other cases, headaches can happen on their own. For that reason, this is considered a symptom on itself and is listed separately. Doctors aren\u2019t quite sure about the causes of headaches in Sweet syndrome, but there are some hypotheses as to why this happens in some cases.<\/p>\n

Headaches could be the result of the activation of the immune system, that consumes many of the resources of your body in order to fight an infection or some other health problem that is going in your system. For example, some conditions that are known to trigger Sweets syndrome are infections that your body cleans out through your urine, so the consumption of fluids in your system increases in order to get rid of those harmful germs. Even mild dehydration can cause your head to hurt.\"\"<\/p>\n

8. Joint pain<\/h3>\n

Body pain is also one of the symptoms of a flu-like syndrome that is known to affect many patients with Sweet’s syndrome but just as headaches, it can appear on its own and for that reason is listed separately. You could not feel any flu-like symptoms and still complain of joint pain<\/a>, and probably one of the causes of this is the relation observed by researchers between Sweet’s syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis.<\/p>\n

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that affects the joints in your body; your white cells attack the tissue of your joints as if it was a foreign element that is threatening your health, and as a result, said tissue becomes damaged and can hurt and swell. The inflammation is what causes the pain and is the result of the immune activity linked to the Sweet syndrome. If you feel joint pain, go see a doctor overrule rheumatoid arthritis.\r\n

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