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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.
How many people die from lupus every year?
Lupus is rarely listed as the cause of death on a death certificate. People die of lupus related complications with the three leading causes being kidney failure, uncontrolled infection and cardiovascular events.
What is the disease known as lupus?
Lupus is a chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune disease in which the cells of the immune system which are supposed to protect against pathogens (viruses, bacteria, fungi, and toxins) mistakenly target the health self. There is no cure for lupus. Lupus is managed by suppressing the immune system with a variety of medications. Most cases of lupus are mild to moderate, but it can also be life threatening. Lupus is also a remitting/flaring disease characterized by periods of calm called remission and periods of activity called flares.
Is lupus a dangerous?
While the majority of cases if lupus are mild to moderate, lupus can also be life threatening. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can affect any part of the body. If it affects organs, it can be dangerous. The most common causes of death from lupus are kidney failure, uncontrolled infection and cardiovascular events.
What is the disease called Lupus?
Lupus is an autoimmune disease. The patient's immune system cannot differentiate between pathogens and healthy parts of the self. There are four types of lupus: discoid or cutaneous, systemic lupus erythematosus, neonatal lupus, and drug induced lupus. The cause of lupus is not fully understood. There is no cure. Lupus affects 5 million people worldwide.
Will your discoid lupus get worse?
Discoid lupus may come and go in periods of increased disease activity called a flare.
How many people die from lupus each year?
There are estimates but no solid data. First, lupus is not reported to the CDC so they do not track statistics. Second, lupus patients die from complications of the disease, not the disease itself. For example, a person who has lupus nephritis (40% of lupus patients) and dies from kidney disease would be listed on the death certificate as dying of kidney failure. Lupus patients have double the risk of cardiovascular events like heart attack and stroke, but if they die from that the death certificate will say heart attack or stroke, not lupus.
Does lupus go away?
Discoid lupus may come and go in periods of increased disease activity called flares. Additionally, sometimes discoid lupus goes into remission and disease activity stops altogether. This is rare, but possible.
What happened to pop artist seals face?
When he was a child he had a disease called Lupus.
How long can someone with lupus live for?
There is no such thing as crest lupus. Crest disease is a different disease alltogether. It is however an autoimmune disease just like lupus.
What is loompis disease?
I'm not familiar with "loompis disease". Are you perhaps talking about the disease called lupus? The technical name is systemic lupus erythematosis, and it is a multi-organ disease that features a characteristic skin rash and kidney condition, among other signs.
How do you spell Lupus?
As in the skin disease? As you have spelt it —> lupus.
