Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: (SLE) AKA Lupus, An Autoimmune Disease
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Systemic lupus erythematosus, a slick and deceptive disease, which knows it's way around your body better than your immune system.
It is an excellent example of an autoimmune disease. It has approximately six categories. The categories are on the left, the examples are on the right
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The autoimmune refers to autoantibodies, or T cells that attack molecules, cells, or tissues of the body that produce them, thus causing autoimmune diseases. Systemic lupus erythematosus is a disease that shows clearly how the immune system is deceived in inadvertently attacking the body, it goes too far in trying to shield it.
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Inherited(congenital)Immunodeficiencies
Severe combined immunodeficiency.
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Medications and/or treatments
Corticosteroids, Cyclophosphamide,
Radiation therapy, Azathioprine, Chemotherapy.
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Illness directly affecting the immune system
Hiv; severe combined immuno
deficiency, immunoglobulin G subclass deficiency.
Other systemic illneses
Liver failure or cirrhosis; Some
cancers; Severe or long standing diabetes.
Stress
Stress can often cause failures of immune system cells,
according to a test tube measurement.It is still undergoing
research whether or not stress causes diseases in people;
there are some tests that are positive, showing stress can
make an individual vulnerable to temporary viral infections.
Aging
The possibility of dying of influenza is much
higher in the elderly, partly because of impaired immune
response, and partly because of impaired lung function>.
With systemic lupus erythematosus there are examples that get a lot more serious, such as bacterial meningitis in children, and/or lung infections in people from a parasite names pneumocystis corinii. This parasite is a common infection in people with AIDS. Much of the body's damage come from it's own immune system, trying to fight off the organisms that it has been invaded with.
The research of the causes of systemic lupus erythematosus, and many other autoimmune diseases will continue, whenever the causes are determined there will be more and better specific treatments. This has been stated by the HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL FAMILY HEALTH GUIDE. However until that great day, those who are combating these diseases, and trying to reduce the affects, medications, such as anti-inflammatory drugs, including nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and corticosteroids, pain relievers, and drugs that suppress the immune system responses, will be around.
There are four types of lupus:
The systemic lupus is the most common and serious form of this disease, it can harm almost any part of the body. If the disease affect the skin only it is called Cutaneous lupus, it is not given a type, perhaps because it is of the skin as is the discoid; however this name is for skin lupus found mostly in white women possibly from the ultraviolet light of the sun
We have some images, on the right to help give a better understanding of this grave skin disease, the images gives us understanding of what the disease is like on the outside. When we take into account the systemic lupus, and what it does to the inside, should not we use valuable resources to help find a cure?
People with lupus can have mouth ulcers, skin sores, hair loss, or a butterfly shaped rash
across the bridge of the nose and upper cheeks, on both sides of the
face, as seen on the right side of this page. Lupus symptoms can and
will show up at anytime, some of their triggers are ultraviolet light from the sun, emotional stress, fatigue, there are other factors as well.
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Systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE). The disorder is not alone, there are other autoimmune diseases, whereas the immune system attacks the body's cells and tissues, resulting in inflammation and tissue damage.
The main parts of the body that are affected the most:
- Heart
- Joints
- Skin
- Lungs
- Blood vessels
- Liver
- Kidneys
- Nervous system
This disease is treatable with medications cyclophosphamide corticosteroid, and immunosuppression. As stated on the left of this page, research is continuing, but as of now, there is no cure.
The signs and symptoms of SLE are said to be unpredictable and very elusive. So much so; until it fell under the name of diseases known as the great imitators, the diseases that have no specific symptoms.
These great imitators are:
- Fibromyalgia
- Lupus erythematosus
- Multiple sclerosis
- SarcoidosisThe infectious imitators are:
- Syphilis
- Lyme disease
- Nocardiosis
- Tuberculosis
- Celiac disease
- Heavy metal poisoning
- Addison's disease
Most great imitators must have a sophisticated system of doing things, in order to be very affected. So as it is with human, it is also true of great diseases.
Women are much more vulnerable to a greater degree than men.People are very cognizant of their visage, especially ladies, one of lupus's faults is the butterfly facial discoloration, see the image below.
Then there are some common and serious complaints such as:
Lupus symptomscan span the whole body. Neurologically these symptoms can range from: headache, depression, epileptic seizure, cognitive dysfunction, mood disorder, cerebrovascular disease, polyneuropathy, anxiety disorder, psychosis, and possibly Multiple personality disorder.
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