No, lupus is not a form of cancer. Lupus is an chronic, autoimmune, inflammatory disease in which the immune system mistakenly targets healthy parts of the self instead of bacteria, viruses, and fungi.
Selena Gomez never had cancer. She has lupus.
Cancer Autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatiod Arthritis, hayfever, Asthma and lupus
Probably leprosy. I mean, I think Lupus is a kind of cancer. Leprosy on the other hand, I've seen pics of people with this disease and it's just absolutely horrific.
No. Lupus: S.L.E. (systemic lupus erythematosus), or lupus for short, is a sometimes fatal disease of the immune system. In lupus the body's connective tissues, which hold together and support cells, are attacked by the body's own immune system. Sickle-cell anemia is a disorder of the blood.
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Lupus is not caused by a pathogen. Lupus is not contagious.
Because lupus attack things in your body that shouldn't be attacked like your heart ,lungs,joints ,skin ,eyes ,and even your brain it fights off bad things like your immune system is suppose to do ,but lupus makes your body over attack things . But if you have lupus don't worry there is medicine that will help you. There are two different types of lupus one is bad and the other one is not so bad. And also if the medicine is working right( which most likely it is) its likely that it can go to remission meaning the lupus is not harming you but like cancer it can come back . So don't be scared people with lupus usually have a normal life expand .
is lupus infectious
20 percent of people with lupus will have a parent or sibling who already has lupus or may develop lupus.
Cutaneous lupus which is often called discoid lupus.
Lupus nephritis is one of the common (40%) complications of systemic lupus erythematosus. The other types of lupus are neonatal (affecting newborns), discoid or cutaneous (affecting the skin and hair), and drug induced (which subsides when the offending drug is withdrawn). If you have lupus nephritis, then you have lupus.
Systemic lupus erythematosus. This is the most serious form of lupus and affects about 70% of all persons with lupus