Research Paper On Lupus
Lupus is a chronic, complex and prevalent autoimmune disease, that effects more than 1.5 million
Americans. It is a disease that is often overlooked, misdiagnosed and misunderstood, lupus is a chronic condition that is long-term with periods of activity and then remission.
Lupus is a disease that attacks your own body. The immune system is the body’s natural defense against disease. In lupus, the immune system, which is designed to protect against infection, creates antibodies that attack the body’s own tissue and organs. Lupus can affect almost any part of the body, most often the kidneys, skin, joints heart, lungs, blood and the brain Some people with lupus experience serious life-threatening problems. But for most lupus can be controlled …show more content…
In rare cases, certain prescription medicine can cause SLE symptoms. Symptoms can appear even months, after starting the medicine but usually disappear sometime after the medicines are stopped.
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The cause of Lupus has remained a mystery for researchers for many years being that the disease has so many different organs of the body that it can affect. You can’t catch lupus or give it to someone else. Ten percent of lupus patients have a first-degree, relative (siblings, parents, children) with lupus or second-degree relative ( aunt ,uncle, first cousin) with lupus. It is believed that people with lupus have a genetic pre-disposition and something in the environment triggers the onset of the disease. External factors that are possible triggers, include ultraviolet rays, viruses, exhaustion, infection trauma, and stress. Researchers are also looking at the possible role that the male and female hormones may contribute to this disease.
Females are at a greater risk, but lupus also occurs in males. Lupus can develop at any age but usually occurs among people between the ages of 15 and 45. Lupus is 2 to 3 times more …show more content…
According to the Lupus Research
Institute, lupus is a leading cause of kidney disease, stroke, and heart disease in women of childbearing age. There is no single lab test that can determine if you have lupus. Many symptoms of lupus are very similar to those of other diseases and can come and go, which often cause people to be misdiagnosed when it comes to this disease. There are eleven criteria established by the American College of Rheumatology before you can be diagnosed with lupus.
You have to have at least four or more of the criteria’s which
Americans. It is a disease that is often overlooked, misdiagnosed and misunderstood, lupus is a chronic condition that is long-term with periods of activity and then remission.
Lupus is a disease that attacks your own body. The immune system is the body’s natural defense against disease. In lupus, the immune system, which is designed to protect against infection, creates antibodies that attack the body’s own tissue and organs. Lupus can affect almost any part of the body, most often the kidneys, skin, joints heart, lungs, blood and the brain Some people with lupus experience serious life-threatening problems. But for most lupus can be controlled …show more content…
In rare cases, certain prescription medicine can cause SLE symptoms. Symptoms can appear even months, after starting the medicine but usually disappear sometime after the medicines are stopped.
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The cause of Lupus has remained a mystery for researchers for many years being that the disease has so many different organs of the body that it can affect. You can’t catch lupus or give it to someone else. Ten percent of lupus patients have a first-degree, relative (siblings, parents, children) with lupus or second-degree relative ( aunt ,uncle, first cousin) with lupus. It is believed that people with lupus have a genetic pre-disposition and something in the environment triggers the onset of the disease. External factors that are possible triggers, include ultraviolet rays, viruses, exhaustion, infection trauma, and stress. Researchers are also looking at the possible role that the male and female hormones may contribute to this disease.
Females are at a greater risk, but lupus also occurs in males. Lupus can develop at any age but usually occurs among people between the ages of 15 and 45. Lupus is 2 to 3 times more …show more content…
According to the Lupus Research
Institute, lupus is a leading cause of kidney disease, stroke, and heart disease in women of childbearing age. There is no single lab test that can determine if you have lupus. Many symptoms of lupus are very similar to those of other diseases and can come and go, which often cause people to be misdiagnosed when it comes to this disease. There are eleven criteria established by the American College of Rheumatology before you can be diagnosed with lupus.
You have to have at least four or more of the criteria’s which