What is lupus? Lupus is an autoimmune inflammatory disease. This means that your immune system starts to attack your body instead of harmful germs. It is also called systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus is a lifelong disease that affects all parts of your body. Lupus has active and quiet period...
doi:10.1016/j.chest.2020.09.156Meagan ShinbashiDan GrinnanChest
Neonatal lupus is a type of autoimmune disorder that starts to show up in the first few months of an infant's life. The signs of...
Well, aimless enough and wracked with enough ennui and a lack of general purpose they lament the closing of a hot dog shop called Hot Doug’s in Chicago as if their own mother had come down with the cruel and unpredictable plague known as Lupus and wasn’t expected to survive past the ...
Connective tissues support your organs, attach muscles to bones, and create scar tissue after an injury. Cartilage is an example of a connective tissue. There are many types of connective tissue disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and scleroderma. The most common affected areas are ...
1. Lupus You may notice your dog's lips changing, or you may noticecrusting on the nose. The disease may be genetic in origin, but it is an autoimmune problem: The dog's cells think that some of its fellow cells are foreign and attack them. ...
What is a Lupus pregnancy? High-Risk Pregnancies A high-risk pregnancy does not mean that there is necessarily any danger to the mother or her developing child. A high-risk pregnancy does however mean that problems during pregnancy are more likely and this generally means more care is taken ...
Finally, Lupus Pernio is too often considered a cosmetic affliction because of the visible skin lesions associated with an outbreak. It is extremely important to recognize that the external dermal inflammatory lesions are reflected internally: in the lungs, the lymph system and even the skeletal syst...
-June 2022: First visit with rheumatologist. No obvious signs of scleroderma, lupus, or other autoimmune diseases. -June 2022: Leg EMG, nerve conduction study (ordered by sports medicine). Testing for neuropathy: findings “essentially normal.” -July 2022: Referred to pain management by sports...
After menopause, the ratio of women to men with lupus falls dramatically. 4. BUT MEN DO GET IT—AND OFTEN MORE SEVERELY. When men do get lupus, they tend to have more severe symptoms than women do, says Janet Lewis, MD, chief of rheumatology at the University of Virginia School of Med...