Cultural and Disease: Lupus Shera Frederick HCS245 May 29‚ 2013 Janice Withycombe Cultural and Disease Paper: Lupus Have you or someone you know been diagnosed with lupus? Lupus is a chronic inflammatory disease that attacks the body’s own tissue and organs‚ and the body’s systems. The most prominent symptoms of lupus you will start to notice are fatigue‚ fever‚ severe joint pain‚ skin lesions and dry eyes. Some of the bigger issues a person will start to endure are chest pain‚ shortness
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Introduction Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that composes many factors that contribute to the manisfestations of SLE. These factors include genetic and epigenetic regulation of gene expression‚ environmental factors‚ hormones‚ and a dysfunction in the immune system. It is estimated that about 1.5 million patients‚ and many other patients worldwide‚ have lupus. The survival rate of SLE patients improved from 50 % to 90% over the last 40 years from an estimated 5-year
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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
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Other Widespread Symptoms (H2). Lupus can affect many parts of the body‚ beyond the joints and muscles. Here’s a closer look at some other widespread symptoms people with lupus may experience. Hair Loss (H4): Hair loss is a common concern for individuals with lupus. Lupus can cause hair loss‚ which manifests in various ways. This can range from a slow thinning of hair to the development of noticeable bald spots. The precise mechanism behind hair loss in lupus remains unclear‚ but two potential
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SLE - antinuclear antibodies - 10:1 more in females - although lupus has a very characteric presentation‚ the symptoms are also found in others so diagnosis is based on: some of the less common features‚ characteric distribution of symptoms and blood tests. - In blood tests‚ 95% of cases test positive for the ANA although it can be found in healthy people too. A more specific te4st for lupus is to test for anti-double-stranded dna antibodies and anti-SM AB ‚ the levels of which reflect the
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Lupus: The Unpredictable Mayhem Jake Keefer Ms. Haley Madden Life Sciences Communication 100 October 21‚ 2011 Have you ever wondered what would happen to yourself if your body turned on itself? Imagine your body ravaging on its own tissue like a pack of crazed dogs for no apparent reason. Well‚ there is actually a disease that has this effect on the body‚ and it happened to my cousin‚ Bethani Shipman. When asked how she felt before being diagnosed in 2010 Bethani said‚ “I was constantly
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causes Lupus and How is Lupus Treated? BIOS260: Section D Fundamentals of Pathophysiology Jacqueline McLean Devry University Week 6 Course Term Project Professor Daudi Langat June 11‚ 2011 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus frequently called “Lupus” is a noncommunicable chronic autoimmune disease that corrupts any part of the body including the skin‚ joints‚ kidney‚ blood‚ brain‚ and other internal organs. Lupus can cause
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Cancer and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: How are they similar yet different? Cancer and Lupus: How are they similar yet different? Cancer and Lupus are significant diseases of today that have no cures and kill millions. Cancer and Lupus can be treated with success‚ giving extended life to those patients diagnosis with such lethal illnesses. Daily citizens around the world raise awareness for a cure of both Cancer and Lupus. “Cancer and Lupus are two difference diseases
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Autoimmune Disease: Lupus HCA/240 Lupus is a lifelong dangerous disease that causes the human body to intrude on one’s immune system. Even our very own‚ latest superstar Michael Jackson had the autoimmune disease lupus. This disease causes tissue to be eaten‚ brain cells to stop working‚ organs to be destroyed‚ and so much more. As we all know‚ the body will shut down if all parts are not working properly. It is safe to say that the organs go hand and hand with one another. In other words
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Systemic Lupus Erythmatosus Table of Contents Introduction Brief description of what SLE is Body paragraph #1 A. Effects and symptoms B. Treatment for effects and symptoms Body paragraph #2 A. Living with Lupus Interview Body paragraph #3 A. ITP- Autoimmune disease related with Lupus Conclusion Brendan Kelley 11/22/10 Intro to Biology Lupus Many people look past these rare diseases as if they are simply a myth but they are but all too real. This disease is called
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