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Lupus is an autoimmune disease. The immune system is not able to differentiate between pathogens and heathy parts of the self. Lupus is not contagious. It is not caused by a germ or virus. It develops. The causes are still being researched.
Your immune system can attack your joints, muscles, skin, and any organ. Lupus affects each person differently. Lupus is treated with drugs that weaken the immune system.
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What happens to the inside of the body when a person has lupus?
Systemic lupus erythematosus affects each patient differently. Lupus is always marked by inflammation which is the result of autoimmune activity. The majority of people with lupus have joint and muscle pain along with profound fatigue. Half of them have lupus kidney disease. The chronic inflammation greatly increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. The three leading causes of death in lupus are uncontrolled infection, kidney failure and heart attacks/strokes. Lupus can affect any other organ in the body.
Lupus located on the body?
Lupus can affect any and every part of the body. Most commonly, lupus causes profound fatigue and joint pain. 50% of lupus patients will have kidney involvement. Lupus frequently causes skin rashes and lesions. But lupus can attack any part of the body. Lupus does not spread in the sense of being contagious or like an infection-it is not. Lupus is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system turns against healthy parts of the self.
How did lupus get to the US?
Systemic Lupus Erythrometisis (SLE or Lupus) is not a virus or contagious disease. You can't catch it. It is an autoimmune disease, in which the immune system becomes "hyperactive" and attacks healthy cells inside the body. So to directly answer your question, nothing, or no one brought it to the US.
What is the diffences between respiration and breathing?
respiration happens inside the body and breathing happens outside the body
What happens to air when it is inside the human body?
When air gets inside your body, your diaphragm exhales up and down.
What happens when germs get inside the body?
they will make you sick.
What happens inside the body when you are at higher altitudes?
You get polycythemia
What type of disease is lupus?
Lupus is an autoimmune disorder, a disease in which the body's immune system turns against the body itself
How are external and internal fertilization are different?
internal happens inside the body and in land external happens outside the body and in water
What is sle lupus?
There are two types of lupus:Discoid lupus - often called skin lupus, this affects only the skin.Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - antibodies attack the connective tissue, organs etc throughout the body.
Can lupus anticoagulant cause tiredness?
Lupus anticoagulant does not, in itself cause tiredness but having lupus does. Lupus can cause anemia which in turn causes fatigue. Lupus can cause the body to make inflammatory cytokines which cause a feeling of flu like fatigue.
What is the disease called Lupus?
Lupus is an autoimmune disease. The patient's immune system cannot differentiate between pathogens and healthy parts of the self. There are four types of lupus: discoid or cutaneous, systemic lupus erythematosus, neonatal lupus, and drug induced lupus. The cause of lupus is not fully understood. There is no cure. Lupus affects 5 million people worldwide.
