Once an innate immune cell, such as a macrophage or other antigen-presenting cell (APC) engulfs an invading bacteria, virus, or vaccine, they often travel to a lymph node and present an antigen from that pathogen on the cell surface toT cells. They present the new antigen using specific r...
People diagnosed with lupus may think qualifying for life insurance will be difficult, but if you're managing symptoms effectively, you can still qualify for affordable term life insurance with lupus as low as $15/month. How to get term life insurance with lupus starts by comparison shopping ...
lupus exhibits a striking female bias, with women having significantly higher susceptibility compared to men, up to 14-fold higher in some ethnicities. Supernumerary X chromosome syndromes, like Klinefelter (XXY) and Triple X syndrome (XXX), also present higher ...
As an immune-mediated disorder, a large proportion of patients with ITP will undergo repeated outbreaks and tend to run a protracted course, or are eventually diagnosed with thrombocytopenia secondary to connective tissue diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Therefore, it is critical ...
autoantibodies so released can trigger unwanted symptoms that resemble a surge of auto-immune disease. Laboratory tests such as ANA titers are usually unremarkable or borderline normal, but signs of subclinical lupus and rheumatoid arthritis may surface. Laboratory tests for liver enzymes also are norma...
health risk.FACT:Amalgam is not the same as mercury. There is mercury in amalgam, but not in pure form as it is bound in ‘intermetallic compounds’ of silver, tin and copper. Once the amalgam filling has set, there is no liquid mercury present, and it does not present a health risk...
Adult stem cell therapy may be able to treat orthopaedic, inflammatory, autoimmune and neurological conditions, with studies conducted on use for Crohn’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Lupus, COPD, Parkinson’s, ALS, Stroke recovery and more. ...
Aside from supplementation, weight loss itself has been shown to reduce inflammation¹⁹, and it appears that the greater the weight loss the larger the anti-inflammatory effect²⁰. This could be attributable to a reduction in the amount of very inflammatory visceral (belly) fat, and/or...
There is an increased evidence base for autologous HSCT in some indications, including multiple sclerosis (MS), systemic sclerosis (SS), Crohn’s disease and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), while allogeneic HSCT has been used in the paediatric setting . ...
People who suffer from chronic health conditions, such as arthritis, lupus, and multiple sclerosis, often develop learned helplessness, due to their inability to take action that will allow them to cure their condition. Overall, these examples illustrate how people can develop learned helplessness in...