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Maternal antibodies may crossover to the fetus during gestation. When this happens, it is possible for the baby to be born with or develop neonatal lupus soon after birth. Neonatal lupus may range from mild to fatal.
The most serious complication of antibody crossover is called heart block.
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What can lupus disorder do to a developing child?
A woman who has lupus and is pregnant may have a child with neonatal lupus or may have a totally healthy child. Babies with neonatal lupus may have the disease resolve in a few months or they may have congenital heart block, requiring the installation of a pace maker to regulate the heart beat.
Can lupus disorder destroy a developing child?
No, but if the mother has a lupus clotting disorder (antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, anticardiolipin or lupus anticoagulant) clots can form that block the flow of blood to the fetus resulting in miscarriage.
Can a child out skin lupus?
Yes, lupus can develop at any age.
Can you be a carrier of lupus?
Lupus is not directly hereditary, however predisposition to developing autoimmunity is more likely in people who are related. Lupus is not contagious. For these two reasons, a person cannot be a lupus carrier. A person can be genetically predisposed to develop lupus but the disease may never develop.
Do children inherit lupus?
Lupus is not hereditary. In order to develop lupus, a person has to inherit just the right combination of quite a few different genes and then be exposed to a trigger. Children of parents with lupus have only a slightly higher chance of developing the disease.
Can your 12 year old son have lupus?
Although it is most commonly diagnosed in women of child-bearing age, lupus can affect anyone of any gender or any age. It is possible for your 12 year old son to have lupus. If you think your son might have lupus you should make an appointment to have him seen by a doctor.
Can the immune system disorder Lupus destroy a developing child?
SLE does not cause tissue destruction in utero which typically results in death of the fetus, however it can cause developmental problems including heart block that may be fatal.
Is nephritis hereditory?
Nephritis occurs in about 40-50% of systemic lupus erythematosus patients. If a person does not have lupus in the first place, then they will not develop lupus nephritis. Lupus itself is not directly hereditary. People inherit just the right combination of genes to presdispose them to developing lupus, but something has to trigger the autoimmune reaction. In studies of genetically identical twins lupus develops in both twins only 30% of the time, thereby demonstrating that lupus is not totally inherited.
When albert einstein was a child he was slow at developing what?
he was slow at developing of how to speak he started talking when he was 2 and he would take a long time to answer a question.
Who gets lupus?
Although lupus can occur at any age and with any sex, 9 out of 10 people with lupus are women in their childbearing years. People of all races get lupus, but African American women have a three times higher incidence and mortality than caucasian women. Actually, it is people of color who have the greater likelihood of developing lupus. In lupus statistics, people of color are defined as Latino, Asian, Native American/Pacific Islanders and African American. The over all statistic across all ages is that 9 of 10 lupus patients are women. However, in the ages of 14-45 when lupus mos often develops, 14 out of 15 are women. Rarely, babies born to a mother with lupus with have neonatal lupus. Neonatal lupus usually subsides within 6 months and the child may have no further bouts with the disease. Sometimes they will also have congenital heart block. Certain medications can cause drug induced lupus. These include some high blood pressure medications and tuberculosis treatment regimens. The lupus disappears when the offending drug is discontinued.
What happened to pop artist seals face?
When he was a child he had a disease called Lupus.
Can lupus be dedtect pre-natally?
There is no definitive laboratory test for lupus. A diagnosis of lupus is based on: 1. Medical history 2. Symptoms 3. A variety of tests 4. Process of elimination Since these things cannot be done on a fetus, the answer is no, lupus cannot be detected prenatally.
