Lupus Research Paper

As a great man once said "Love thy neighbor as thyself”, as easy as that may sound, it was very difficult for the French- English Canadian to get along and love each other instead of hate. The relationship between the English and French Canadians was very tense in the 20th century. This power struggle led to the separation of two large populations In Canada and created conflicts within the country. The many debates which were not solved between the two sides had a great impact on French- English relations. Throughout the years, their relationship was and still is very rocky. There are many reasons which explain why they have such strong hatred towards each other, but the most common ones were; biculturalism, belief/politics, and most importantly bilingualism.

ANA: test for these autoantibodies (very general); DsDNA (+): Making antibodies to and attacking own DNA; Anti-Sm (+): these antibodies generally interfere with the cells metabolism and are responsible for the symptoms specifically seen with SLE. Here, they are specifically targeted at smooth muscle. CRP elevated: also indicates presence of inflammation, but is more specific towards disease activity; ESR elevated: indirectly indicates the activity of the disease and presence of inflammation; C3 and C4 (decreased): C3 and C4 usually attack the membranes of viruses and bacteria, but in the case of lupus, they attack the own body’s cells. When C3 and C4 suggest the disease is active

Let alone the cause of this horrible disease. One of the most commonly suspected reasons for systemic lupus erythemotosus (SLE) is a very low iron count. Low iron has a veriaty of effects on the body including the feeling of being cold, low blood count (anemia), and impaired immune defiecency, ect.. Thus the low iron syptom seems to add up with lupus making doctor think that low iron can have a leading from in the disease.

Joint pain is common in Lupus. Patients suffer from arthritis-like pain, swelling in the joints, redness and stiffness. These symptoms involve one or more joints.

Lucci the patient had systemic lupus erythematosis, his silver eyebrows pointed to heaven, and he broke out into a big smile. When he asked me to explain why the patient had lupus, I named the fourteen manifestations of lupus and told Dr. Lucci the diagnosis of lupus was contingent on a patient's having at least four of the fourteen manifestations. His patient did indeed have five of the fourteen manifestations: non-deforming arthritis, Raynaud's phenomenon, in which the hands exhibit a two-phase color change when placed in cold water, alopecia or hair loss, oral ulcerations, and what appeared on the chest X-ray to be a pericardial effusion which suggested pericarditis.

The most common symptoms are fatigue, rashes, or joint pain. Other symptoms that might develop are skin problems, sensitivity to light, neuropsychiatric problems, fever, changes in weight, hair loss, and/or swollen glands. Some specific skin problems are skin rashes, i.e., the facial butterfly rash. Raynaud’s phenomenon is often common, affecting the fingers, toes, ears, or tip of the nose. About 90% of lupus patients have fatigue in various degrees. Symptoms depend on what body organs are affected and how seriously they are affected. This disease can cause problems in nearly any system of the body, including the:

Most experts can agree that there are a number of factors that cause it; the causes of Lupus are from a combination of genetics and the environment. Sometimes people inherit what is called a “genetic predisposition” which means that they inherit the chance to eventually develop it. It is very hard to pinpoint one single source of cause that triggers Lupus like I mentioned before. Things in the environment like UV rays from the sun, or unrelated things like an infection or a pregnancy can trigger it. The symptoms of Lupus range from Extreme fatigue, headaches, photosensitivity, pain/swollen joints, and one clear indicator being a butterfly-shaped rash across the cheek or nose.

Do not seek for the answers that cannot be given, for you would not be able to live them, and the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now, and perhaps, without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into the answers (Paul J. Donoghue 47).” Talk about quote. “Lupus can cause serious kidney damage; kidney failure is one of the leading causes of death among people with lupus. If your brain is affected by lupus, you may experience headaches, dizziness, behavior changes, hallucinations, and even strokes or seizures. Many people with lupus experience memory problems and may have difficulty expressing their thoughts (Lupus).” Having lupus also increases your risk of “Infection, cancer, bone tissue death, and pregnancy complications like miscarriages. But thank god when I got pregnant with my third child, Brandon, he come out perfectly. I was so lucky and happy,” said Kizzy

There are many different types of diseases one’s body can suffer from, but one unique type of disease is an autoimmune disease. What makes autoimmune diseases different than other diseases is with an autoimmune disease the body ends up attacking itself. “The immune system inappropriately identifies its own proteins as foreign and mounts a response to destroy these self-proteins” (Linton, 2016). One in particular autoimmune disease is Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, also known as SLE. SLE has a debilitating impact on the body, is defined by a very distinctive mark on the face, difficult to diagnose, and currently has no cure.

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, usually called as SLE or Lupus, is a type of incurable autoimmune disease which affects the hematologic, dermatologic, renal organ system and musculoskeletal. In other words, it attacks mostly the connective tissues of the body. Generally, an autoimmune disease happens when the immune system attacks healthy tissues of the body by producing protein called autoantibodies. This will cause inflammation and damage to the tissues. Inflammation causes indication of injuries such as redness, swelling and pain. The etiology of SLE is still unknown to the world. There is, however, increasing evidence that the presence and accumulation of apoptotic cells play a role in autoimmunity (White, S., and Rosen, A., 2003).

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is a chronic autoimmune disease which causes inflammation of your joints, tissues, and organs. The inflammation presents itself as heat, pain, swelling and redness. SLE is a variable disease that doesn’t take any one particular course; therefore its unpredictability makes it even more devastating. No two people will experience the same disease symptoms or severity level. As S.L.E progresses there will be periods of very subtle to no symptoms at all called remission or an exacerbation of symptoms called flares.

Systemic lupus erythematosus, or simply lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease or immune system malfunction. A person's immune system normally protects the person from viruses, bacteria and other foreign materials. When a person has an autoimmune diseases like lupus, the immune system turns against itself and attacks itself.

Some may include: Achy joints, Fever of over 100 degrees, arthritis, extreme fatigue, skin rashes, anxiety, kidney involvement, pain in the chest area or trouble breathing, rash, light sensitivity, hair loss, blood clotting problems, seizures, and mouth and nose ulcers. This is a giant list of symptoms, but many people who have Lupus do not experience more then one or two of these symptoms. (The Lupus Foundation of America, The Lupus Page)

My understanding of multicultural education has changed as a result of the readings, writings, and discussions. At the very beginning of the semester, I initially said that multicultural education was “including aspects from different cultures into curriculum.” I thought multicultural education was just about cultures from around the world, but now I know that is clearly not the whole picture. Today, my understanding of multicultural education is about providing education to a much more diverse group of people (ie. ability, race, sexual orientation, gender, socioeconomic status, language and ELL’s, etc) and teaching about the diversity to students.

1. The gold standard and the money supply. Under the gold standard all national governments promised to follow the “rules of the game”. This meant defending a fixed exchange rate. What did this promise imply about a country’s money supply? A country’s money supply was limited to the amount of gold held by its central bank or treasury. For example, if a country had 1,000,000 ounces of gold and its fixed rate of exchange was 100 local currency units per ounce of gold, that country could have 100,000,000 local currency units outstanding. Any change in its holdings of