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    “Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is a chronic, inflammatory autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body’s own structures” (Beattie, 2013). This means that the disease that has a slower onset, but it also has a long-term effect and the signs and symptoms will be continuous. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) can affect the entire body or any organ in the body, including: the kidneys, swelling of the joints, affecting the blood vessels and the skin. ETIOLOGY SLE is idiopathic, which

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    INTRODUCTION: Systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE) is an autonomous disorder with a number of autoantibodies(double stranded DNA,ANA). It causes inflammation diffusely through the body(skin, brain, kidneys,joints) and the blood. SLE has numerous abnormal blood tests associated with it(anemia, anti-Sm, anti-phospholipid antibodies), but this is not the same thin as knowing what causes SLE. its cause is a mystery.The etiology of SLE is unknown but multiple genetic, epigenetic, and environmental risk

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    Affect On the Body Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease. Consequently, all organs and tissues are at risk of being damaged by inflammation. The most affected organs are the kidneys, lungs, heart, and skin (Harvery and Zieve; Simanta, and Mohan). The most affected tissues are the joints, and nervous tissues. The renal system controls blood pressure and blood volume. It also removes waste products and toxins from the blood. SLE causes inflammation of the nephrons, preventing

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    Please don’t allow it to deflate your hope for living well with lupus, because that is absolutely attainable and possible. I promise you that lupus affects everyone differently. Some folks only have the skin version (discoid lupus). Whereas, I have systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but, I’m getting ahead of

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    Causes, Symptoms and Prevention of Nail Psoriasis You might have nail psoriasis if your nails are thick, pitted, discolored and/or loose. About 50 percent of people with psoriasis develop nail psoriasis. This condition is more than aesthetic, it may be painful and limit movement of fingers and/or toes. What is Psoriasis? Psoriasis is an ongoing skin condition, where the skin develops patches of itchy, red, scaly skin. Chances are, if you develop psoriasis, family members also have/had the condition

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    LUPUS An autoimmune disease that causes the body to attack its own healthy cells, lupus has no known origin. While its symptoms are primarily recognizable, they can often mimic other diseases, thereby delaying accurate diagnosis. Joint pain, poor circulation and a telltale rash are just three of myriad symptoms indicative of lupus, a disease that inevitably impacts major organs by way of compromising the body's defenses, as well as through invasive steroid treatment that weakens bones. Lupus

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    Me’Gan Caesar December 3, 2010 Annotated Bibliography Lupus Erythematosus Szuda, Stephanie “Health: Life with Lupus.” The Times. 11 Jan 2008. 19 Nov 2010. <Mywebtimes.com> Summary: The story is about a 25 year old guy name Jason Holland. Jason is living with Lupus Erythematosus. Lupus is a chronic inflammatory disease. He has internal and external lupus that affects his internal organs and skin. He takes 15 pills a day just to make it through the day. He goes to the

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    Lupus is an autoimmune disease that attacks women between the ages of 15 and 40. It occurs less often in men than in women. The people affected by lupus vary depending on the country or region. In the US alone, the prevalence rate is highest among Asians of Hawaii, blacks of Caribbean origin, and Native Americans of the Sioux, Arapahoe, and Crow tribes. Lupus is a disease that affects the immune system. We can think of the immune system as an army within the body with hundreds of defenders (known

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    estate agent, and her mother Regina Cline was a homemaker. When O’Connor was six, she became famous because the Pathe News filmed O’Connor with her trained chicken and showed the film around the country. When O’Connor was a teenager her father died of systemic lupus erythematosus. She attended the Peabody Laboratory School, graduating in 1942. She then entered Georgia State College for Women in an accelerated three year program, graduating in 1945 with a Social Sciences Degree. In 1946 she was accepted

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    Running head: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus​ SLE1 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Nicole Allen-Brown Southeastern Institution Abstract Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is an autoimmune disease within the appearance of autoantibodies that fights against nuclear antigens within the body of a person who is living with SLE and the involvement of their organ systems, including the kidneys. The rigorous events that cause an onset of medical signs of SLE are not yet well understood. However,

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