Systemic lupus erythematosus

Decent Essays
Improved Essays
Superior Essays
Great Essays
Brilliant Essays
    Page 7 of 12 - About 112 Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Lupus Erythematosus is an auto immune disease which means that the immune system makes antibodies that attack the healthy tissue. This leads to skin problems such as sores and rashes. Discoid Lupus Erythematosus is only relating to problems with skin. However, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus involves the destruction of vital organs along with skin complications. This disease cannot be cured, but it can be treated. Many people who have Lupus suffer through “flares” which are times in which the…

    • 482 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Lupus, timeline and comtemporary situation When I was thinking about the topic for this paper, I decided to go for Lupus (Systemic lupus erythematosus) because that is a personal topic for me and my family. On this paper I will talk about the history of Luppus. Lupus is a inflammatory multisystemic disorder of the connective tissue, it manifests on joints (confused with athithis), kidney and skin. In this case the autoimmune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue. It has periods of illnes…

    • 534 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    ribonucleoprotein (anti-RNP) and high amounts of the antibodies ANA. Those who have mixed connective tissue disease such as systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis disease lack the antibodies dsDNA and Scl70, respectively. The treatment of MCTD is based upon the specific signs that are present in each case. Some patients with MCTD have been included and treated in previous trials of lupus, scleroderma, myositis, and rheumatoid arthritis. These observations and accumulated clinical…

    • 264 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The patient is a 57 year old female who went to the Urgent Care due to a complaint of shortness of breath, weakness and leg edema. She was seen by the Urgent Care Physician who advised her that she has fluid overload with severe hypertension and a holosystolic murmur. She was then sent to the ER for further observation. Her religious preference is Catholicism. N.E. has no known allergies. Imaging studies of the chest was done and the imaging studies suggested congestive heart failure, and the…

    • 1735 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Creative Biolab Essay

    • 1035 Words
    • 5 Pages

    (-- removed HTML --) - CreCom™ C1 inhibitor services (-- removed HTML --) <meta name="description" content=" Creative Biolabs offers CreCom™ Complement Therapeutic Services. Systemic lupus erythematosus-like syndrome Staffed by dedicated scientists with combined knowledge and expertise in antibody engineering and protein X-ray crystallography, Creative Biolabs has extensive experience in crystallizing antibody-antigen complexes and resolving their 3D structures. Based on our extensive…

    • 1035 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    is usually made by observation. White areas found at typical sites point to a diagnosis of vitiligo. If the diagnosis isn't certain the doctors will test for other conditions that are similar to vitiligo, such as chemical leukoderma or systemic lupus erythematosus. For treatment vitiligo can't be cured, but can be managed by using things such as skin creams and cosmetics to improve the appearance of the white areas and also prevent the normal skin around the patches from becoming darker. No…

    • 288 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Leukemy Case Studies

    • 263 Words
    • 2 Pages

    antibodies), (Smith antigen), RNP, SSA, and SSB. Of these, the only 2 that were abnormal was the C3 and C4. The C3 was at 50. The C4 was at 6.3. I reviewed these results with Dr. ___ [NAME] who feels that this is very suspicious for systemic lupus erythematosus.…

    • 263 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In my opinion, it is simply a fact that some beliefs are better than others. Each belief holds it a motivation behind why individuals hold that belief, and that reason can be defective. Perceive, for example, a wife believes that the husband should handle all bitter decisions that have to be made (Paul & Elder, 2012).When asked by her husband to help with some of these decisions the wife become resentful. Take bigotry for instance: prejudice has no premise, not science, no in reality justifiable…

    • 472 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Mab Research Paper

    • 330 Words
    • 2 Pages

    dramatically reduces the side effects. 131I-and 90Y-labeled, anti-CD20 therapy for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL) is available in the United states (Noboru et al., 2005). Humanized MAb (epratuzumab, belimumab) quickly recognizes and rectifies the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), over all the case studies only good report were retrieved so far, risk assessment of MAb is extremely low and occasionally express anaphylaxis and inflammation (Claudio et al., 2010). Immunosuppression and…

    • 330 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    and is associated with more tissue destruction. The reaction needs lymphocytes and macrophages, and the proliferation of blood vessels and the deposition of connective tissue are also existed in the response. What is more, it is lack of local and systemic signs and is always severe and progressive, and may causes tissue injury and fibrosis. While the acute inflammatory is a rapid and short duration response, it is always characterized by edema and neutrophil migration. It has prominent signs and…

    • 512 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Page 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12