Lupus chronic disease and its complexities Despite the fact that the last decades has brought a significant decrease in mortality rates of lupus, the disease is in its nature a threat to the patient's life. This auto-immune diseases, chronic illness severely affects people who have it. Of approximately 2 million Americans with lupus, 90% are women aged between 18 and 30. The greater risk for systemic lupus erythematosus appears to be Hispanic, Asian and African-American women and the symptoms and risks are much greater in their case. This type of lupus are often encountered in the elderly, babies and even small children.
In the absence of certainty about the causes of lupus, modern medicine has analyzed the most important categories of factors related to the onset of lupus: genetic factors, hormonal factors (estrogen is considered to play a role in causing disease) and environmental factors (long - term use of antibiotics).
ELS is generated by the actions of abnormal immune system and can cause temporary or permanent damage in areas of the body, including many internal organs as the lungs, cardiovascular system, skin, kidney, gastrointestinal tract tract, nervous system and brain and the musculoskeletal system. The autoimmune nature of the disease is given by the fact that the antibodies produced by damaging the immune system both healthy cells and DNA.
Because SLE often triggers heart, kidney or lung disorders, treatment of all the consequences should be included in that of lupus. In the treatment of SLE, attention is directed to minimize the losses generated by a malfunctioning immune system that makes the prescription of immunosuppressive drugs very often, despite their side effects, corticosteroids are commonly used to control lupus erythematosus . Azathioprine (Imuran) and cyclophosphamide (cyclophosphamide) are prescribed in extreme situations, because they have very dangerous side effects.
SLE is a chronic disease that explains the alternation of flares and periods of remission. The difficulty of predicting the nature of this disorder makes it extremely necessary, continuous monitoring of patients - including those in remission - and repeated physical examinations, patients may be affected by immunosuppressive long-term use that makes them vulnerable to possible infections. If you have SLE, you should be more cautious than a healthy person, because your immune system is out of reach and you are vulnerable to all sorts of problems that your body is not able to fight without treatment.
Posted on February 17, 2010.
