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Coping with Lupus: Fact #13 – Lupus causes fatique, even on Mother’s Day! by Lupus Adventurer Posted Sun 13 May 2012 10:00am Coping with Lupus: As many as 80 percent of people with lupus experience fatigue. For some, fatigue can be debilitating, even to the point of forcing them to stop working. All week long as I have been preparing and planning for a Mother’s Day gathering at my home, I have battled extreme fatigue. As the week progressed, I realized that this w ... Read on »

Studies In Prestigious Medical Journals Report Exciting Findings in the Search for the Underlying Causes of Lupus by Duane P. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 25 Aug 2008 3:12pm of the Lupus Foundation of America, the nation’s leading nonprofit voluntary health organization dedicated to finding the causes of and cure for lupus. In the study published... genetic (hereditary) component to lupus, yet no one gene causes the disease. Instead, the risk for a particular person is a combination of several genes acting together. In order Read on »

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by Ahmad.H Posted Fri 03 Dec 2010 12:00am SLE is a chronic disease that causes inflammation of connective tissue. It is a multisystem autoimmune inflammatory disease. SLE is the commonest and the most serious type of lupus. What causes SLE ? SLE is believed to be an autoimmune disease, which means that the body's immune system produce antibodies that attacks the own ... Read on »

Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE) Problem by heru m. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 13 Feb 2009 4:52pm for his nose and said he should come back in 2 weeks. I am really worried that it is the ‘dnagerous’ form of lupus and am worried about sitting back for 2 weeks when more action could be taken? All and any advice appreciated. Thank you Answer: Hi Tony, What you describe is likely to be a Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE). Despite the long and scary Read on »

Birth Control Pills May Raise Lupus Risk by awesome Healthy Living Professional

Posted Wed 23 Sep 2009 10:25pm . “I think we have clear evidence that these pills, especially at higher doses, can increase the risk of lupus,” Dr. Suissa says. “Women who take oral contraceptives have a 50... risk of developing lupus. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that affects connective tissues. Lupus most often harms the skin, heart, joints, lungs, liver, kidneys, blood vessels Read on »

Lupus Erythematosus by heru m. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 19 Dec 2010 2:16pm for a dog to live with it successfully. Some of the disorders that resemble lupus are curable, especially if a cause can be identified. Continuous monitoring of patients suspected... This is a rare disease of the immune system. In this disease, the immune system forms antibodies against the nuclear component of its own cells. This can cause Read on »

New Data Shows Epratuzumab Provided Significant Efficacy for Patients with Moderate to Severe Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Duane P. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 16 Jun 2010 9:02am UCB and Immunomedics Inc. announced today that a new lupus drug candidate, epratuzumab, provided a significant reduction in disease activity in patients with moderate to severe active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Findings demonstrate that in a patient population with predominantly severe disease activity, epratuzumab is improving patients Read on »

Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) associated with discoid lupus erythematosus. by Jan Posted Sun 29 Aug 2010 12:00am Six patients with systemic sclerosis (SS) and discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) were studied to determine whether such cases have some common clinical and laboratory... had DLE on the face and extremities. No case fulfilled criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The present cases with SS and DLE, but without SLE, indicate Read on »

Anxiety News: Anxiety And Depression Lower Quality Of Life In Majority Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients by Katie G. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Wed 17 Jun 2009 6:31pm Anxiety And Depression Lower Quality Of Life In Majority Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients ScienceDaily (June 12, 2009) — 92.8% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) suffer anxiety and depression which significantly affects both their physical and emotional quality of life (QoL), according to the results of a new study presented Read on »

New Data Shows Epratuzumab Provided Significant Efficacy for Patients with Moderate to Severe Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Wick D. Posted Wed 16 Jun 2010 12:10pm UCB and Immunomedics Inc. announced today that a new lupus drug candidate, epratuzumab, provided a significant reduction in disease activity in patients with moderate to severe active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Findings demonstrate that in a patient population with predominantly severe disease activity, epratuzumab is improving Read on »