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DISCOID LUPUS ---------what is it and can i cure it?

i have had discoid lupus for a number of year and am taking plaquinil

what is discoid lupus
-what can i do
- what happens with it

-know any good treatments e.t.c.

Discoid lupus is the kind of lupus that affects the skin. There are many different ways it can affect the skin, and which way will determine what treatment.

When your skin is exposed to ultraviolet A or B light, it alters the DNA in the cells of the surface of your skin. Your immune system makes antibodies against this DNA. The antinbodies signal white cells to come and surround it. The white cells emit an enzyme to dissolve the DNA. The enzyme causes inflammation which causes the skin rashes.

Stay out of the sun. Period.

The debris from this process is supposed to be cleared in the spleen but with lupus, the garbage may get dumped elsewhere causing organ damage and inflammation in other parts of the body.

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