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Few Words About Lupus Characteristics

Lupus is a complicated chronic autoimmune disorder that cannot be cured but only controlled and stopped from evolving. It has very tricky symptoms that don't point in its direction from the very beginning and in may be even symptomless in some cases.

This disease may affect everyone regardless of age, sex, race and it has an individualized character; it shares common symptoms with a large variety of other conditions.

In order to control your lupus you should first inform yourself concerning this condition. Discuss your problem with the doctor and your closest persons.

What a person should know, in the first place is that lupus has an autoimmune character, which means that your immune system is no longer fighting bacteria or viruses but your own healthy tissues.

Lupus is not contagious and has no relationship with AIDS. It is not a form of cancer, neither.

The three main forms of lupus are:

• * Systemic lupus erythematosus, which also affects important internal organs like the lungs, kidneys, brain or heart. It varies widely in intensity.
• * Discoid lupus erythematosus focuses its damaging effects on the skin, generating a red rash or a change of skin color in every affected region.
• * Drug – induced lupus is very similar to SLE, but much easier in most of the cases. It is generated by certain drugs and in the majority of the situations disappears with the interruption of the treatment. Because the diseases that are treated by the medicines which generate lupus are more frequent in men, the incidence is also much higher in men.

There are no identical cases of lupus, because its damaging effects extend over many and various parts of the body. A person may experience inflammation of the articulations or fever. Other may feel constantly fatigued or have damaged kidneys, rashes, etc. The articulations, the heart, the lungs, the brain and the kidneys are usually affected by lupus. One person cannot usually gather all the symptoms of lupus, but it is common for him/her to have at least two affected body areas.