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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Lupus

Lupus is a deadly new disease equivalent to cancer,  the world's people with lupus detected reached 5 million people, more than 100 thousand new cases occur each year. Own sense of the word lupus is Latin for "coyotes". This term began to be known about a century ago. Initially, patients with this disease thought to have a skin disorder, in the form of redness around the nose and cheeks. Red blotches on the face and arms, heat and prolonged fatigue, hair loss, swollen joints and often arise sprue. This disease not only affects the skin, but also can affect almost every organ in the body.

The symptoms of the disease known as Systemic Lupus Eritomatosus (LES) aka Lupus. Eritomatosus means reddish. whereas significant systemic spread every related organ. The term is called LES or Lupus. The symptoms which are common are:

  •     The skin is easily burned by the sun and the incidence of digestive disorders.
  •     Symptoms generally sufferers often feel weak, excessive fatigue, fever and aches. These symptoms are mainly found in the active period, whereas during remission (off) disappeared.
  •     In the skin, it would appear that ran a red rash on both cheeks, like a butterfly. Sometimes called the (butterfly rash). However, disc-like red rash may appear on the skin throughout the body, prominent and sometimes scaly. Seeing the many symptoms of this disease, the woman who was attacked by two or more symptoms alone, should be suspected of having lupus.
  •     Anemia caused by red blood cells are destroyed by this lupus
  •     Hair loss and fatigue often excessive
lupus is a disease where the immune system tissue in the body is considered a foreign object. Reaction of the immune system can be on various organ systems of the body such as skin tissue, muscle, bone, kidney, nervous system, cardiovascular system, lungs, the lining of the lungs, liver, digestive system, eyes, brain, and blood vessels and cell- of blood cells.
"This disease can affect all levels of society, 1-5 people among 100,000 inhabitants, is genetic, can be derived. Women more often 6-10 times than men, especially at the age of 15-40 years. African and Asian nations are more vulnerable than whites. And of course, family Odapus. The emergence of this disease because of the sensitivity factors and precipitating factors is the presence of infection, drug use, sun exposure, use of birth control pills, and stress, "he said. This disease affects women it is most productive age until the age of 50 years although there are also men who experience it. It is therefore considered to be suspected of the disease is associated with the hormone estrogen.
In pregnancies of women who suffer from lupus, often believed to be related to pregnancy that causes abortion, fetal development or the baby died at birth. But the opposite is also possible or even worsen geja LUPUS. Lupus symptoms appear frequently encountered during pregnancy or after childbirth.
The body has immunity to attack the disease and keeping healthy. However, in this disease actually attacks the immune system healthy organ. Lupus disease allegedly related to the immunological system of the excess. In one's body that functions contained antibodies that would attack the source of the disease enters the body. Uniquely, this lupus antibodies formed in the body appears excessive. The result, antibodies actually attack the cells of a healthy body tissue. This disorder is called autoimmunity. This excess antibody, can enter the entire network in two ways:
First, antibodies can directly attack this strange body tissue, such as red blood cells which causes the cell to be destroyed. This is what lead to the sufferer of red blood cell deficiency or anemia.
Second, antibodies can be joined with an antigen (a substance stimulating the formation of antibodies), forming a bond called  antibody and antigen complex flow with blood, until caught in the capillary blood vessels will cause inflammation. Under normal circumstances, the complex will be limited by inflammatory cells (phagocytes) However, in abnormal circumstances, this complex can not be restricted as well. In fact, inflammatory cells had increased a lot, removing enzymes, which cause inflammation around the complex. The result, the process will be prolonged inflammation and damage organs and interfere with its function. Furthermore, it will be seen as a symptom of disease. If this happens, then the long-term organ function will be disrupted.
Complete recovery from this disease, it seems difficult. Physicians were more focused on the medication that are focused  to prevent spread of the disease and not attack the body's vital organs.

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