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What is the medical condition lupus?



What is the medical condition lupus?

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus) is a chronic, potentially debilitating and sometimes fatal autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body鈥檚 cells and tissue, resulting in inflammation and tissue damage. SLE can affect any part of the body, but often harms the heart, joints (rheumatological), skin, lungs, blood vessels and brain/nervous system. Lupus is treatable, mainly with immunosuppression, though there is currently no cure for it.

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It is Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
http://www.webmd.com/hw/lupus/hw123468.a...
Lupus is a skin condition that looks like hives the rash usually appears on the face form cheek to cheek (it looks like a buttifly )
lupus is any several chronic skin disease (chronic- develop gradually).. there are several types of lupus erythematosus, lupus verrucosus & lupus vulgaris
SLE, systemic lupus erythromatosis
multi-systemic, autoimmune disease
it affects almost all body organs and has wide range of manifestation
there are criteria for diagnosis
it is not curable but can usually be managed
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