Lupus is an autoimmune disease that occurs when the body’s immune system attacks its own tissue and causes harmful inflammation.
About 1.5 million Americans live with a kind of lupus.
9 out of 10 people with lupus are women.
Common types of lupus
Systemic lupus erythematosus (les)
They are the most common type of lupus. When people talk about lupus, they usually refer to them.
In the USA he is:
3 -more often in black and American natives
2 -more often in Hispanic people
It can affect many parts of the body, including:
- The heart
- The lungs
- The skin
- The kidneys
- The joints
- The brain
Some symptoms of them are:
- fatigue
- Fever
- Pain, swelling or stiffness of the joints
- Exhausting rash
- Hair loss
- Oral or nasal ulcers
- Swelling around eyes or legs
- Schaumer urine
- Painful breathing
- Fingers that change the color at cold temperatures
The kidney inflammation caused by the kidneys can violate them, which is called a disease called lupic nephritis.
Cleaning Lupus (CLE)
It occurs when the immune system attacks the skin and causes rashes that can be cut red or into slices.
About 65% of people will develop CLE.
The symptoms of CLE include:
- Red and squamous flains, which are sometimes round and delimited by a darker red circle.
- Butterfly deflection (rash in the cheeks and on the nose bridge)
Lupus drug
It occurs when certain medication trigger a similar autoimmune disease.
Medicines Medicine Medicines more often connected to medication lupus:
- Hydralazine (for high blood pressure)
- Procainamide (for irregular heart rhythm)
- Chinidine (for irregular heart rhythm)
The symptoms of medication lupus are similar to those of them.
- He often needs months or years to use a drug for these symptoms.
- The symptoms often disappear from the interruption of the medication in the first 6 months.
Lupus newborn
It occurs when a pregnant person transfers certain antibodies into the fetus.
These antibodies attack healthy tissues of the fetus and cause symptoms such as lupus in the newborn.
The most common symptom:
- Rash that has the appearance of reddish bypasses with a normal color center
The symptoms usually disappear in one year, but in rare cases, the newborn -lupus can influence the heart of the baby and prevents it from issuing strikes correctly.
- This is called auriculooventricular autoimmune locking lock. It is a serious disorder, but can be treated with a pacemaker.
Enter information from a complex disorder
Lupus is complicated, but can be controlled.
You can find more information about the various types of Lupus with your medical provider or look for virtual resources, such as those provided by the Lupus Foundation of America.
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This educational resource was created with the support of Glaxosmithklin, Merck and Novartis.
