venus Williams Case taking in account media information by students of Rheumatology at Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla

1. Learned lessons about Venus Williams Case

2. Introduction Many times throughout our lives we have idols, people you admire and put on a pedestal, so the untouchable and we believe that nothing can happen, but when something happens that we are ordinary people, flesh and blood, and so are we.

3. General Information

6. Performance

7. Venus came into this U.S. Open ranked 2011 as the number 36, that in terms of ranking, so we had to play first round that normally do not play top-ranked players.

9. Recent titles won by Venus have been to Dubai in 2009 and Acapulco in 2010, tournaments that are highly relevant and competitive sports.

10. VIDEO

11. Symptoms reported by Venus

12. No matter how hard I trained, I never had stamina http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrVknOd581A

13. I can not get in shape http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT6GSnBOo80

14. four years ago, I felt like I was not getting enough air but I was diagnosed with exercise-induced astma http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZQjrYHrMAY

15. Joints pain, my hands started swelling, my joints started to kinda change shape http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhG2TC0xNXc

16. I had some of the classic symptoms, dry eyes and dry mouth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYVd5mSVzHM

17. I lost a lot of feel. Like, I would miss shots by feet and I just couldn’t feel my hands, and my hands would hurt when I was playing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knCsOtjOMNM

18. I had swelling and numbness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP1qMvyDJ5k

19. then fatigue which is really debilitating. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMpXo4b9rlQ

20. It's not that you have no energy – you just feel beat up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPQNzB3CbgM

21. I had a tough practice, I was just sitting there and it was taking an effort just to lift my arms http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV_1wjxlvcI

22. if you wake every morning and feel you have a cold but you do not have one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVEL_eZoHqU

24. Media reports

25. Media reports

35. ¿Se debió retirar Venus del Tenis?

36. ¿Regresará Venus al Tenis?

37. Other testimonies At 53 years, Jenny Inga, president of the " Spanish Association of Sjögren Syndrome ', acknowledges that it is a fairly common disorder, although with different manifestations depending on the patient. "It's very prevalent, but not all have the same degree of severity. People who only suffer from impairment in the eyes and mouth are often seen in primary care, the most serious cases are referred to hospital."

39. Analyzing the case of Venus Williams, recording each and every one of the symptoms expressed by her, and addressing the study and the relationship of these as described in the literature, we conclude that differential diagnosis and surplus (rheumatoid arthritis, SLE, secondary Sjogren's syndrome, fibromyalgia, polymyositis, chronic fatigue syndrome), but a definitive diagnosis is impossible to give without laboratories and related studies and even more when there is little information about the onset of symptoms presented by Venus. What is clear is that the established approach is sound and that would be by check which of these diagnoses is that which corresponds in this case, all the while possible and we have key data that we analyze, discuss and complete data, which unfortunately are not yet within our reach. CONCLUSION