Lupus Research Papers

What is Lupus? Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can effect and damage almost any part or role of the body and is chronic which means it can last six weeks to even years. It occurs when for some reason the body's healthy cells that make up your immune system can no longer distinguish between a virus/ germ and a healthy cell. In a normal immune system the healthy white blood cells send antibodies that attack foreign cells that are in the body, but with a Lupus infected immune system the white blood cells begin sending antibodies that attack other white blood cells and healthy tissue. Eventually the disease begins slowly killing the body while displaying many symptoms; exteme fatique, fevers, headaches, anemia, pain in chest, swelling, light sensitivity, blood clotting, hair loss, mouth or nose ulcers and the most common of all is a butterfly shaped rash across the nose and cheeks.
Lupus is caused by no specific gene or groups of genes.
Although it has been tied to certain genes that are not significantly strong enough to cause Lupus itself, but increase chances. Lupus has been found in certain families which concludes that it could be genetic until it is furthered looked into. There is also more evidence that makes it unpredictable if Lupus is genetic or not. "Although, when one of two identical twins has lupus, there is an increased chance that the other twin will also develop the disease (25 percent chance for identical twins; 2-3 percent chance for fraternal twins)" (Lupus.org). But also theres always the fact that certain racial groups have a stronger chance of getting Lupus in their lives, which makes researchers lean to that it can be genetic, but once again it can only be theorized until future
technology.