Abstract:

Childhood rheumatic diseases are a group of autoimmune diseases mainly manifested by multi-system damage. Pulmonary involvement is rare in pediatric rheumatic diseases. The symptoms of pulmonary involvement are often insidious, and there may be no obvious clinical manifestations or only mild symptoms in the early stage, leading to the diagnostic difficulties, which is one of the main factors affecting the mortality of children with rheumatic diseases. Therefore, understanding the specific manifestations of pulmonary involvement in different children with rheumatic diseases, early screening, early identification and early intervention for high-risk children can better improve the prognosis and life quality of children.

Key words: rheumatic disease, autoimmune disease, pulmonary manifestation, childhood