LIVING WITH THE WOLF (LUPUS)

Coping with everyday life, also fibromyalgia,and a breast cancer survivor. Hoping to encourage others.

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Help Us Solve the Cruel Mystery

This Lupus Awareness Month, join the Lupus Foundation of America in efforts to solve to the cruel mystery.

Posted by kathy s at 2:48 PM

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What is Lupus?

Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body (skin, joints, and/or organs inside the body). Chronic means that the signs and symptoms tend to last longer than six weeks and often for many years. In lupus, something goes wrong with your immune system, which is the part of the body that fights off viruses, bacteria, and germs ("foreign invaders," like the flu). Normally our immune system produces proteins called antibodies that protect the body from these invaders. Autoimmune means your immune system cannot tell the difference between these foreign invaders and your body’s healthy tissues ("auto" means "self") and creates autoantibodies that attack and destroy healthy tissue. These autoantibodies cause inflammation, pain, and damage in various parts of the body.

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