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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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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Introduction Lupus is an auto immune inflammatory disease that attacks the body’s tissues and organs and it occurs mostly among females. The inflammation attacks different parts of the body (internal and external) for example the skin‚ brain and joints (Mayo Clinic.2017). Lupus is also known as “The Great Imitator” since the symptoms that come with Lupus mimic those of other diseases (LupusSA.2017) The aim of this research is to find out how Lupus alters a person’s lifestyle. The main changes that
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Lupus is a chronic‚ complex and prevalent autoimmune disease‚ that effects more than 1.5 million Americans. It is a disease that is often overlooked‚ misdiagnosed and misunderstood‚ lupus is a chronic condition that is long-term with periods of activity and then remission. Lupus is a disease that attacks your own body. The immune system is the body’s natural defense against disease. In lupus‚ the immune system‚ which is designed to protect against infection‚ creates antibodies that attack the body’s
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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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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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Lupus Lupus erythematosus is a disease where a person’s immune system attacks the body’s own organs and tissues. It causes inflammation of connective tissue which holds different structures of the body in place. This disease is believed to be an autoimmune disorder. There are two types of lupus erythematosus which are discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Lupus happens in both males and females of all ages‚ but it is most commonly found in women. Half a million
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I attention step Lupus is an immune system disorder that could be very harmful to our body and as of today there is no cure for it. It is mostly common on women but it can also affect man. A.what is lupus? 1. Lupus is one of many disorders of the immune system known as autoimmune diseases. In autoimmune diseases‚ the immune system turns against parts of the body it is designed to protect. This leads to inflammation and damage to various body tissues. Lupus can affect many parts of the body‚ including
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Systemic Lupus erythematosus and Hypertension are both diseases that are involved with the Visele family. Systemic Lupus is an autoimmune disease while hypertension is a disease that is considered genetic. Systemic Lupus erythematosus is “a chronic inflammatory condition caused by an autoimmune disease (1)” “Hypertension is high blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of arteries as it flows through them. Arteries are the blood vessels that carry oxygenated
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Lupus erythematosus is considered to be an autoimmune disease‚ which is a chronic inflammatory disorder that causes systemic inflammation and affects multiple organs in the body1. Lupus affects the skin‚ joints and other parts of the body‚ such as the kidneys‚ tissues‚ blood cell and brain. The Article states that “Lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune system disorder where the body cannot tell the difference between foreign antigens and its own antigens.1” An individual who has been diagnosed with
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