Lupus

Lupus anticoagulant is a blood clotting disorder that occurs in some lupus patients. Lupus anticoagulant causes blood clots. It is treated with blood thinners.

Symptoms of lupus cerebritis may include headaches, seizures , stroke , psychosis, dementia , peripheral neuropathy , cerebellar ataxia

If you are asking if people develop lupus or think they have lupus because they have emotional or social issues, the answer is no. Lupus is a very real disease.

If you are asking if having lupus causes psychosocial issues, the answer is yes. Any person who is diagnosed with a disease that has no cure is going to struggle with the emotional and social implications of the diagnosis.

When you have lupus, it feels like a bad case of the flu, except there is no end in sight. Lupus frequently causes pain, a constant reminder that you have a disease. All of the medications carry nasty risks, and each time a person takes their medication they can't help but be reminded of that. About 35% of people with lupus are on disability. It is depressing not to be able to work, not to be a contributing member of society, and to depend on others.

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.

I'm not sure if it CAUSES Lupus, but my doctor said the fact that I bruised easily and didn't know where the bruises came from was something that indicated I might have Lupus (along with a million other problems going on at the time).

Yes. Lupus can cause autoimmune hepatitis.

Lupus statistics for the number of children worldwide with lupus are not available. Since lupus is not a contagious disease, there are no reporting requirements to any agencies that gather this data. In developing countries, many people do not have access to doctors who can properly diagnose the disease, so many cases go undiagnosed. Some lupus statistics are drawn from hospital discharge statements, however, the discharge statement might not reflect the diagnosis. Doctors have no agency to which to report cases of lupus. Some data, like that of the Lupus Foundation of America, is based on telephone surveys and extrapolated to the general population. There really is no answer to your question.

The pain that accompanies lupus is a biproduct of inflammation. Inflammation is caused by the immune system attacking health tissue in the body or by the debris from the autoimmune reaction being deposited in places like the joints. Discuss your pain level with your doctor. If over the counter non-steroidal anti-inflammatories are not working, then the doctor may prescribe something stronger. Here are things you can do to reduce autoimmune activity, thereby reducing inflammation and pain. Take your immunosuppressive medications faithfully. These work over the long haul, not like something you just take for pain. For example, you will not experience the full benefit of plaquenil for several weeks to several months. Stay on your medications. Take them faithfully. Eat as healthy a diet as you can. Each time your immune system encounters a foreign molecule it has to figure out if it is harmful or not. This agitates your immune system. A healthy, natural diet high in fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables will calm your immune system. Develop strategies for handling stress. Reduce stress where you can. Adjust your goals. Learn to manage the stress you can't avoid. Yoga, Tai chi, Chi qong and meditation are all useful tools. So is cognitive therapy. What you think causes what you feel. What you feel causes chemical changes in your body. Stress aggravates and activates the immune system. Avoid the sun and UVA/UVB light. Even if you do not have skin involvement, this kind of light activates immune cells in the skin. You want to calm them, not activate them. Rest when you are tired. If you push yourself you will have more pain and take even longer to recover. Put the oxygen mask on yourself before you try to help others. Exercise is the last thing you want to do when you have lupus pain and fatigue, but it is an excellent way to relieve both. Exercise lubricates the joints to reduce inflammation and pain. Exercise relieves depression and stress. Exercise causes your body to create endorphins which are natural pain relievers. You do not need to run a marathon. Just move around for 5-10 minutes at a time several times a day. Be sure to check with your doctor about what kind of exercise is appropriate for you. Distract yourself with a hobby, friends, humor, and reaching out to others. All of these things, together with good medical management, should work together to make lupus far less painful.

People with lupus often take immunosuppressive medications which make them vulnerable to all kinds of infections. One such infection is oral thrush, a fungal infection of the mouth. It is painful and characterized by a white coating on the tongue and inside of mouth. Nystatin is an oral rinse used to treat thrush.

While it is very unlikely, it is, in fact, possible. There are many industrial chemicals that are thought to trigger lupus in succeptible persons. If a person worked in close contact with, or was continuously exposed to, these chemicals, a claim could certainly be made. The result would depend on many things.

== == Lupus symptoms tend to mimic many other diseases. Many times, the doctors look for many other things before looking for lupus. The phrase "But you don't look sick" is often associated with lupus. You tend to feel awful with this disease but look "normal." This can cause many patients who are misdiagnosed to feel like they are going crazy.

Also, there is no single test to diagnose for lupus. A positive ANA in a blood test will sometimes show that one has lupus but it is not definitive.

i am 11 years old and two days ago i found a small bump on the left side of the back of my neck. it kinda hurts and i am very concerned. i asked my parents and they don't know( they are both great doctors). Check with your doctor ( as they say in all medical commercials). He/she should help. you. P.S.- My parents said it shouldn't be anything bad. At first i was scared and thought i might have a worm in me but luckly i don't.^_^