Tag: treatment
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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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DMARD Lupus Treatment
Dr. Olivia Ghaw from Mount Sinai specializes in patients with rheumatic or connective tissue diseases. She sees about 50 lupus patients a year and speaks about how common the disease really is. Many celebrities with lupus come out publicly to discuss their battles with the disease and because of this, people treat it like a…
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease. Instead of protecting the body, the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's own healthy tissue. Systemic lupus erythematosus can affect the skin, joints, kidneys, brain and other internal organs. The underlying cause of systemic lupus erythematosus is unknown. SLE is more common in women than in men…
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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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What is Lupus Nephritis?
Lupus nephritis is the inflammation of the kidney caused by systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune disease. Lupus nephritis affects the skin, joints kidneys and brain and can result in permanent kidney damage if not treated immediately. The causes of lupus nephritis are unknown but there are several determining factors that have been identified: gender…
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How Do You Get Lupus Treatment?
The treatment of lupus can be complex, and should always involve specialists for each affected body system. Doctors use a combination of approaches to try to reduce the symptoms of the disease without causing negative side effects from the lupus treatment. The goal of the lupus treatment is to reduce the swelling to protect organs…
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Lupus Facial Rashes
Changes of the skin and facial rashes are very common with lupus patients. In most cases, abnormalities can be treated with medication, specifically corticosteroids (prednisone) or antimalarial drugs (hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine). In some extreme cases, a lupus patient may be unresponsive to the usual treatment. There are two many categories of lupus facial rashes: specific…
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Lupus Fatigue: Causes and Treatment Tips
WebMD talks about ways to combat lupus-related fatigue and also discusses some possible causes of lupus fatigue.
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Erratic control of breathing during exercise in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a pilot-study
Purpose: The aim of this study was to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the pattern and timing of breathing during incremental exercise in a sample of women living with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 20 women with SLE without pulmonary involvement were compared with 20 gender-, body mass index- (BMI), and…
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HPV vaccine Gardasil does not increase disease activity in SLE patients, study shows
The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil, does not increase the incidence of flares (unpredictable worsening of symptoms signaling increased disease activity) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), or lupus, and has a tolerable safety profile, according to new research.