Lupus is an autoimmune disease. This means there is a problem with the body's normal immune system response. Usually, the immune system helps protect the body from harmful substances. But in patients with a type of autoimmune disease, the immune system can't tell the difference between harmful substances and healthy ones. The result is an overactive immune response that attacks otherwise healthy cells and tissue. Lupus is also a type of chronic disease. This means that anyone who gets lupus will have lupus for the rest of his or her life. Like other chronic diseases, Lupus has no cure yet. There however are medications and some lifestyle adjustments that help people live active and productive lives. Lupus can range from mild to life-threatening …show more content…
This type is believed to be caused by an autoimmune disorder, but researchers are still looking for better answers. This type of Lupus attacks the internal organs such as kidneys, lungs, brain, heart, and joints. The symptoms from Systemic Lupus range from rashes on the cheeks, ulcers in your mouth, red palms and hands, joint pain, joint redness, swelling of the joints, face and legs becoming very swollen, the shortness of breath, rapid or irregular heartbeat, chest pain, hair loss, swelling of lymph glands, protein in the urine, increase sensitivity to the sun and last but not least there are some mental changes involved. The risks of getting this increases with stress and drugs such as Procainamide, Methyldopa, and Chloromazine. There are possible complications that you can get another autoimmune disorder such as Arthritis, Diabetes, and Hypothyroidism. It may also cause complications with impaired kidney functions. This type of Lupus can not be prevented or cured at the moment. Doctors recommend that you take care of yourself and keep up with doctor's treatments. The treatments unfortunately are very basic for things such as sores and infections. The sun may worsen the …show more content…
This type of Lupus applies to your face, ears, scalp, and arms mostly. The signs of DLE are plagues which are red raised elisions. If these appear on the scalp it will bring a bald spot. The prevention to this is something that is not easy to do. Staying out of the sun makes the disease less serious. For a doctor to diagnose this disorder he will have to examine your medical history, examine your body, blood work, and do a biopsy of the skin. If you have DLE you need to keep your health up to date and your treatments. Doctors usually give injections of Triamcinine, or steroids to decrease the redness of the elisions. There are no special diets or restrictions for this type of
Her father's health continued to decline, and it was not until shortly before his death on February 1, 1941 that he was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosis, the same disease that would claim Flannery.
Physiological Basis of disease: DMD is the commonest and most serious form of the dystrophies. The gene responsible for dystrophin which, when absent, causes DMD. Amount of dystrophin correlates with the severity of the disease (i.e., the less dystrophin present, the more severe the phenotype). Since the gene is on the X chromosome, it primarily affects males, and females who are carriers have milder symptoms ( www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000705.htm).
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory and an autoimmune disease that occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s tissue (Rheumatoid arthritis, 2017). This disease affects the entire body, which is called a systemic (means entire body) disease. Arthritis is derived from the word part arthr-, which means “joint,” and -itis, which means “inflammation,” so altogether it means “inflammation of the joints.” It creates inflammation that causes the tissue that lines the inside of joints (synovium) to thicken. About 1.5 million people in the U.S. are affected. It affects all races, but it affects three times as many women than men (What is Rheumatoid Arthritis, n.d.). Overtime, rheumatoid arthritis causes painful swelling that can potentially result in bone erosion or joint deformity, which leads up to physical disabilities. RA can affect more than just your joints, but can spread to body systems, skin, eyes, lungs, heart, blood vessels, e.t.c (Rheumatoid arthritis, 2017).
Many women get lupus more than men. Lupus has many symptoms containing feelings and looks. Lupus can affect every part of the body. Someone with lupus must have at least two doctors. A lupus patient can live a healthy life by following the doctors orders. Most people who get lupus has a change in there mood and a way of life. If the orders giving by the doctor are not followed, problems with lupus will happen more than usual.
This condition occurs when the immune system produce abnormal response against substances that are normally present in the body. The immune system becomes incapable in differentiating healthy body tissues and antigens, which results in the destruction of normal body tissues. This is usually characterized by hypersensitivity reaction almost identical to the response in allergic conditions. The cause of the autoimmune disorders are still unknown, however, there is a theory stating that some microorganisms or drugs may have trigger these changes. These can also affect one or multiple organs or tissues. Some of the most commonly affected are blood vessels, joints, muscles, red blood cells, skin, and connective tissues.
...se it eventually kills. I learned about Lupus from my mother who struggles to be healthy on a daily basis and also from my aunt who thought she was dying from Liver failure, but it was the Lupus that eventually killed her. I only hope that you have come to understand Lupus and the unpredictable nature that accompanies it.
Ployarteritisnodosa is an inflammatory disease of the small to medium sized arteries. Many systems including the skin, central nervous system, heart, kidneys and intestinal tract. It is commonly associated with hepatitis B but the cause is usually unknown.. Symptoms vary however, fever, night sweats, weight loss, fatigue, and muscle and joint aches are normal. Treatment depends on how serious the case is.
Lupus is an autoimmune disease. Normal immune system purposes are designed to defend our bodies from harmful bacteria, infections, foreign bodies etc.. People with lupus are unfortunate when it comes to immunity, because their immune systems attacks normal body tissue, and causes a terrible amount of inflammation. Lupus impacts numerous parts of the body, including the joints, skin, kidneys, heart, blood vessels and even the brain. According to lupusresearch.org, women are more likely to have this disease than men. The website also informs us that African American women are two to three times at higher risk of being diagnosed with lupus than Caucasian women. Hispanic, Asian, and Native American women are also at a higher risk for lupus. What is even more alarming, is that major organ involvement, and grave varieties of lupus are found in African American and Hispanic women. Lupus is a...
Rheumatoid Arthritis is when the joints are chronically inflamed, which happens because it is an autoimmune disease which means that the immune system attacks the body tissues. Although Rheumatoid Arthritis mainly affects the joints, it can also affect other organs.
Arthritis is a general term for approximately 100 diseases that produce either INFLAMMATION of connective tissues, particularly in joints, or noninflammatory degeneration of these tissues. The word means "joint inflammation," but because other structures are also affected, the diseases are often called connective tissue diseases. The terms rheumatism and rheumatic diseases are also used. Besides conditions so named, the diseases include gout, lupus erythematosus, ankylosing spondylitis, degenerative joint disease, and many others, among them the more recently identified LYME DISEASE.
Once diagnosed, doctors primary focus is to find an effective treatment to precisely control and prevent any organ damage high cholesterol, high blood pressure and infections. Some patients might be prescribed with anti-inflammatory medications(NSAIDs) to relieve and reduce stiffness and discomfort in your muscle, joints and other tissues. Anti –Malarial, such as Plaquenil. Corticosteroid, usually prescribed only when anti-inflammatory and antimalarials medications are not efficiently working. Immunosuppressive drugs, to help patients who have received an organ transplant to prevent the bodies from rejecting the organ. As well, DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) is a mild male hormone that treats symptoms of mild to moderate lupus, such as hair loss, joint pain, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction. ("Lupus Medications and Treatment Options."
Growing up, you always hear bad things about the autoimmune disease known as lupus on tv and how other people talk about the disease. It puts thoughts into your head about that it is a bad disease and that people who have it are contagious and are dangerous to be around; however, people with the autoimmune disease known as lupus is not contagious and some patients diagnosed with the disease are not dangerous. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that is chronic and can damage parts of your body anywhere. What is lupus, you ask? It is a disease causes something to go wrong with the immune system and makes it to where the immune system can't tell which antibodies are good and bad. Lupus is sometimes compared to lupus to cancer because some doctors use chemotherapy to medicate someone with the disease; but, it is not related to cancer in anyway shape or form.
A long-term health condition can also be referred to as a ‘chronic illness’ and it can be used to define recurring conditions such as asthma, arthritis, and diabetes.
Arthritis occurs when the body incorrectly identifies its own tissue as foreign matter and attacks it. Arthritis includes a set of more than eighty autoimmune diseases. Arthritis attacks connective tissues and joints. It causes stiffness, pain, inflammation, and swelling of the joints. Some kinds are crippling, but rarely leads to death. There are many different kinds of arthritis, the main ones being Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid arthritis; others include gout and ankylosing spodylitis.
One of the most common mysteries in the world is the development of autoimmune diseases. An autoimmune disease is when the immune system, which usually keeps your body healthy thinks that your healthy cells are antigens and attacks them. This is irony right? It is against properties of evolution for an immune system to attack itself causing sickness and possibly death if untreated. There are about 80 different types of autoimmune diseases, which usually have periods of little to no symptoms and worsening symptoms. What particularly creates confusion in the world is the autoimmune disease, inflammatory bowel disease, which affects almost about five million people worldwide.