Handout on Health: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
This booklet is for people who have systemic lupus erythematosus, commonly called SLE or lupus, as well as for their family and friends and others who want to better understand the disease. The booklet describes the disease and its symptoms and ... [... more]
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Fast Facts About Lupus
The immune system is designed to attack foreign substances in the body. If you have lupus, something goes wrong with your immune system and it attacks healthy cells and tissues. This can damage many parts of the body such as the: There are many ... [... more]
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Do I have Lupus?
If you have lupus, you probably have many questions. Lupus isn't a simple disease with an easy answer. You can't take a pill and make it go away. The people you live with and work with may have trouble understanding that you're sick. Lupus ... [... more]
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Chapter 7: Patient Information
Caring for the lupus patient involves a number of critically important elements. Providing medical care as directed by the patient's doctor; monitoring the patient's physical status over time; and being sympathetic, understanding, and supportive ... [... more]
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Chapter 6: Psychosocial Aspects of Lupus
Lupus is a chronic disease that defies easy description. A diagnosis may not be made for a long time. Diagnostic difficulties coupled with the serious, chronic nature of the disease present the patient, family, and the medical team with many ... [... more]
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What People With Lupus Need to Know About Osteoporosis
Lupus is an autoimmune disease, a disorder in which the body attacks its own healthy cells and tissues. As a result, various parts of the body - such as the joints, skin, kidneys, heart, and lungs - can become inflamed and damaged. There are many ... [... more]
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Possible Lupus Susceptibility Gene
Systemic lupus erythematosus, or lupus, is a chronic inflammatory disease that can affect many organs of the body, including the skin, joints, heart, lungs, kidneys and brain. It occurs when cells of the immune system - chiefly a type of white ... [... more]
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Biomarkers and Severe Lupus Flares
Systemic lupus erythematosus, or lupus, is one of many immune system disorders known as autoimmune diseases. In autoimmune diseases, the immune system turns against parts of the body it is designed to protect by producing antibodies that react ... [... more]
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
A retrospective study of people diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) found that symptoms defined in the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for SLE, as well as certain autoantibodies, were generally present before the ... [... more]
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Study Indicates Significant Work Loss Associated With Lupus
Recent research on work loss associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus), funded in part by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, estimated that almost three-quarters of the study's 982 participants ... [... more]
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¿Qué es el lupus?
El lupus es una enfermedad autoinmunitaria. El sistema inmunitario está diseñado para combatir las substancias ajenas o extrañas al cuerpo. En las personas con lupus, el sistema inmunitario está hiperactivo y ataca a las c& [... more]
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Introducción
Si usted tiene lupus, probablemente tiene muchas preguntas. El lupus no es una enfermedad simple con una respuesta fácil. Usted no puede tomarse una píldora y hacerlo desaparecer. Las personas que viven o trabajan con usted quizás [... more]
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