Lupus

Lupus is an autoimmune inflammatory disease. It is a disease that the immune system attacks the healthy tissue and organs of your body. The people who have lupus it can attack the skin, joints, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart, and lungs. It is hard to diagnose the lupus because it can mimic other ailments. When people are talking about lupus they are talking about the systemic lupus erythematosus or SLE. This is the most common forms of lupus. With this type of lupus it can either be mild or severe with the disease. With this type of lupus it can caused between the ages of 15-45, and then sometimes it can be in either childhood or later on in life as well. Most cases of lupus is with women and about 90% of the population has lupus. The most common signs of lupus is: fatigue and fever, joint pain and that of swelling and/or stiffness of the joints, a butterfly rash that will …show more content…
With family history of having lupus you have a 4-8% risk of having by first to second cousin relation. There is a study with first extended family that 7% of family members can have lupus. Risk factors for lupus can be from chemical or environmental exposure, medication Epstein-Barr virus, sunlight, extreme stress, smoking, ultraviolent light, and antibiotics.
There are a couple of tests to determine if you have lupus. The one test that seems to help is the ANA which is the antinuclear antibody. With this test it looks for the autoantibodies that can react to the nucleus of the body’s cells. And roughly the people who have been diagnosed with lupus have ANA is about 98%. When testing to see if you have lupus you will need a full workup and physical exam with up to date blood work. They will also test your blood, kidney, and liver biopsies to make sure they cover all their bases. Because lupus is a commonly mistaken for other