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What happens to the inside of the body when a person has lupus?
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Systemic lupus erythematosus affects each patient differently. Lupus is always marked by inflammation which is the result of autoimmune activity. The majority of people with lupus have joint and muscle pain along with profound fatigue. Half of them have lupus kidney disease. The chronic inflammation greatly increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. The three leading causes of death in lupus are uncontrolled infection, kidney failure and heart attacks/strokes. Lupus can affect any other organ in the body.
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What happens when lupus is inside your body?
Lupus is an autoimmune disease. The immune system is not able to differentiate between pathogens and heathy parts of the self. Lupus is not contagious. It is not caused by a germ or virus. It develops. The causes are still being researched. Your immune system can attack your joints, muscles, skin, and any organ. Lupus affects each person differently. Lupus is treated with drugs that weaken the immune system.
How do you embalm an extreme lupus case?
The handling of the body of a deceased lupus patient is no different than handling any other dead person. Lupus is not contagious or infectious.
Is lupus widespread or merely localized effects in the body?
Lupus can be wide spread, but most medication stops it from doing so. Most Lupus cases have deterioration of the kidney and bladder functions. But, I am not a doctor. Please refer to a rheumatologist.
Can you contact lupus by wearing clothing of someone who is infected?
No. Lupus is an autoimmune disorder, wherein your body produces antibodies against itself. Lupus is not an infection, and it cannot be transmitted from an affected person to another.
What is is lupus?
Lupus is a disease that causes the body's immune system to attack the healthy cells within the body.
What happens inside the dead body moments before 'comming back to life'?
Nothing happens inside the dead body moments before "coming back to life" because a dead body cannot come back to life. Once a person is completely dead, they do not return to life as we know it.
What happens inside the human body when it gets a shock?
If we got an electric shock inside our human body our body will be
Lupus located on the body?
Lupus can affect any and every part of the body. Most commonly, lupus causes profound fatigue and joint pain. 50% of lupus patients will have kidney involvement. Lupus frequently causes skin rashes and lesions. But lupus can attack any part of the body. Lupus does not spread in the sense of being contagious or like an infection-it is not. Lupus is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system turns against healthy parts of the self.
How did lupus get to the US?
Systemic Lupus Erythrometisis (SLE or Lupus) is not a virus or contagious disease. You can't catch it. It is an autoimmune disease, in which the immune system becomes "hyperactive" and attacks healthy cells inside the body. So to directly answer your question, nothing, or no one brought it to the US.
What is the diffences between respiration and breathing?
respiration happens inside the body and breathing happens outside the body
What happens to air when it is inside the human body?
When air gets inside your body, your diaphragm exhales up and down.
What happens inside the body when you are at higher altitudes?
You get polycythemia
