LUPUS DISEASE

WOMEN'S DISEASE WITH LUPUS

Lupus is a kind of a scary disease. Not yet known for certain causes. Almost all patients with this disease are women. Although this disease is not too much, it never hurts to find out more lupus.

Lupus disease is generally a chronic disorder that is immune to the problem. Humans have a functioning immune system to attack foreign substances, viruses, bacteria or germs that can cause disease. However, in patients with lupus, the immune system which should serve as a protective body disorders. The body can not distinguish between foreign substances that must be destroyed with the body's own tissues that are useful for survival.


As a result, the attack was the body's own tissues and cause damage to organs like the lungs, blood, skin, kidney, brain, heart, and others. Damage to the vital organs causing Lupus hereinafter called Odapus increasingly weak and sick.


Types of Lupus

Several types of lupus disease is dangerous and some are less dangerous. Not all lupus attacking vital organs. There is also the only attacks the skin tissue. Here are some types of lupus.

    Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
    SLE in Indonesian called Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). This disease is very dangerous because it attacks the vital organs in the body. Own Erythematosus means redness. It is characteristic of this disease is no sign or red spots.
    Dicoid Lupus
    Types of Lupus is only attacking the skin. It usually appears red spots on the skin.
    Drug Induced Lupus
    Lupus disease is triggered by ingestion of certain drugs.


Lupus Symptoms and Detection

Lupus symptoms can vary for each sufferer. That is why a person suffering from this disease difficult to detect the disease. In fact, the symptoms can mimic other disorders.

This is because the organ that is attacked can vary in each patient. For example, if the attack was the blood, the symptoms are similar to people who suffer from anemia. When you are attacked mouth, then the patient may experience a prolonged thrush which can be regarded as a symptom of deficiency of vitamin C.

Some common symptoms of this disease is the appearance of red spots on his nose and both cheeks to form like a butterfly called the butterfly rash. Spotting can also occur in the body. In advanced stages, the disease can cause hair loss, excessive fatigue, damage to organs. Lupus sufferers experience symptoms such as in people who suffer from cancer.

So, how to tell if someone is suffering from Lupus or not is by testing antinuclear antibodies (ANA). If the positive test result it's likely the person is suffering from the disease Lupus.


Causes of Lupus Disease

Lupus is not a contagious disease and most sufferers are women of childbearing age, so often considered a disease of women. Heredity not as a direct cause of this disease. Although possible, from parents obtained an abnormal gene that has the potential for this disease, but there are other factors so that the disease can occur. Alleged experts about the cause of this disease is due to hormonal factors, but where the cause is unknown hormone.


Treatment of Odapus

To treat Odapus or lupus patients is to reduce the pains caused organ damage. Treatment is with special efforts for this disease does not attack other organs that may cause more severe complaints due to complications.

It should be noted also environmental factors that can aggravate the situation Odapus. For example, by controlling food, prevent it from stress, the election if the need to use drugs, and prevent the skin not directly exposed to sunlight containing UV.

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