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What is lupus? this guy thinks I have a form of it? |
I said I had whitish bumps from my shoulder to my elbow he said i might have a form of lupus the prob. is is that idk what that is? What Is Lupus? Lupus is an autoimmune (AW-toe-ih-MYOON) disease. Your body鈥檚 immune system is like an army with hundreds of soldiers. The immune system鈥檚 job is to fight foreign substances in the body, like germs and viruses. But in autoimmune diseases, the immune system is out of control. It attacks healthy tissues, not germs. You can鈥檛 catch lupus from another person. It isn鈥檛 cancer, and it isn鈥檛 related to AIDS. Teacher portraitLupus is a disease that can affect many parts of the body. Everyone reacts differently. One person with lupus may have swollen knees and fever. Another person may be tired all the time or have kidney trouble. Someone else may have rashes. Lupus can involve the joints, the skin, the kidneys, the lungs, the heart and/or the brain. If you have lupus, it may affect two or three parts of your body. Usually, one person doesn鈥檛 have all the possible symptoms. There are three main types of lupus: * Systemic lupus erythematosus (eh-RITH-eh-muh-TOE-sus) is the most common form. It鈥檚 sometimes called SLE, or just lupus. The word 鈥渟ystemic鈥?means that the disease can involve many parts of the body such as the heart, lungs, kidneys, and brain. SLE symptoms can be mild or serious. * Discoid lupus erythematosus mainly affects the skin. A red rash may appear, or the skin on the face, scalp, or elsewhere may change color. * Drug-induced lupus is triggered by a few medicines. It鈥檚 like SLE, but symptoms are usually milder. Most of the time, the disease goes away when the medicine is stopped. More men develop drug-induced lupus because the drugs that cause it, hydralazine and procainamide, are used to treat heart conditions that are more common in men. Top What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Lupus? Lupus may be hard to diagnose. It鈥檚 often mistaken for other diseases. For this reason, lupus has been called the 鈥済reat imitator.鈥?The signs of lupus differ from person to person. Some people have just a few signs; others have more. Common signs of lupus are: * Red rash or color change on the face, often in the shape of a butterfly across the nose and cheeks * Painful or swollen joints * Unexplained fever * Chest pain with deep breathing * Swollen glands * Extreme fatigue (feeling tired all the time) * Unusual hair loss (mainly on the scalp) * Pale or purple fingers or toes from cold or stress * Sensitivity to the sun * Low blood count * Depression, trouble thinking, and/or memory problems Other signs are mouth sores, unexplained seizures (convulsions), 鈥渟eeing things鈥?(hallucinations), repeated miscarriages, and unexplained kidney problems. Ahh, lupus. The great Imitator. Go to a doctor if you think you've got lupus. It's a hard disease for doctors to diagnose sometimes, so nobody here has a chance in hell. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lupus_eryth... Doesn't that make you a werewolf???? Check out this site: http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/lupus... Common signs of lupus are: Red rash or color change on the face, often in the shape of a butterfly across the nose and cheeks Painful or swollen joints Unexplained fever Chest pain with deep breathing Swollen glands Extreme fatigue (feeling tired all the time) Unusual hair loss (mainly on the scalp) Pale or purple fingers or toes from cold or stress Sensitivity to the sun Low blood count Depression, trouble thinking, and/or memory problems Other signs are mouth sores, unexplained seizures (convulsions), 鈥渟eeing things鈥?(hallucinations), repeated miscarriages, and unexplained kidney problems. http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/lupus... |
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