Category: Lupus Treatment
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Alcohol and Lupus
If you suffer from the debilitating effects of Lupus disease, then you will understand the motivation to remain as healthy as possible in between flare ups of this dreadful affliction. The problem with alcohol and Lupus The problem with alcohol is that it can have negative effects on everyone who drinks it, you only have…
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Malar Rash
Lupus is a disease that causes many types of different symptoms. One of the most common symptoms that appears in lupus patients are rashes on the body and face. The malar rash occurs with 45-65% of lupus patients. The facial rash received it's name from Latin origins, the word "mala" means "jaw" or "cheek bone,"…
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Benlysta
A belimumab injection (Benlysta) is prescribed with other medications as treatment to patients of systemic lupus erythematosus. This type of medication is known as a monoclonal antibody and acts to block the activity of certain proteins of patients with symptoms of lupus. Benlysta has been shown to be less effective on African-American patients with symptoms…
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Medication for SLE Lupus Symptoms
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) symptoms are common in almost all lupus patients. Lupus is an autoimmune disease and because of that, also a chronic inflammatory disease that can affect many different areas of the body. The overactivity of the immune system by the lupus disease can cause unwanted responses by the body, one of which…