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Not necessarily, but many lupus patients will gain weight due to an anti-inflammatory drug that they often take called Prednisone. This causes excessive weight gain. Sometimes lupus effects the digestive organs, resulting in digestive issues that cause weight loss. Often medications and other symptoms of lupus cause the patient to feel nauseous and vomit a lot, which is also another cause of weight loss due to lupus.
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What not to eat when you have lupus?
Lupus patients should eat a diet high in plant foods and very low in animal fat. Lupus patients have a 50% greater chance of having a heart attack or stroke. Outside of a healthy, balanced diet, there are no special food considerations in lupus.
Who suffers from lupus?
kidney patients
Does lupus affect more women then men?
9 out of 10 lupus patients are women.
Is lupus a critical illness?
Lupus is a serious autoimmune disease, and unfortunately some patients die as a result of lupus and/or the treatments for the disease.
What is lupus ANTICUAGULATE?
Lupus anticoagulant is a blood clotting disorder that occurs in some lupus patients. Lupus anticoagulant causes blood clots. It is treated with blood thinners.
How does lupus anticoagulant develop?
Lupus anticoagulant and other clotting disorders occur in about 20% of lupus patients. These can develop at any age.
What are the long-term effects of lupus?
Long term effects of lupus are entirely dependent upon the severity of the disease, how long the disease has been present, and the organs and tissues affected. Some lupus patients live full productive lives with normal life spans even though they have lupus. Other lupus patients live only days and die.
What is Lupus anti-coagulant?
Lupus anticoagulant is one a several blood clotting disorders that can affect lupus patients. Lupus anticoagulant causes the patient to make blood clots. It is treated with blood thinners.
What has the author Suzy Szasz written?
Suzy Szasz has written: 'Lupus' -- subject(s): Systemic lupus erythematosus, Patients, Health, Biography
Which laboratory test is done to detect an antibody present in the serum of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus?
There are over 100 autoantibodies that can be found in lupus patients. Not all lupus patients have the same autoantibodies. The most common tests are antinuclear antibody with immunofluorescence (ANA), anti double stranded DNA, anti Snith, anti Ro, anti La, and anti SSA.
Does lupus always show in ANA test?
No. 3 to 5% of patients will be negative.
What is the prevalence for lupus?
There are no exact numbers because lupus is not a disease that is reported to any agency. Estimates are that 1.5 to 2 million Americans have lupus and 5 million people world wide. 9 out of 10 lupus patients are women. Lupus is more prevalent in people of color.
