Question 1

should a person with lupus get a piercing? also, if they do, decide to get a peircing, would cellulitis be a common reaction?

Accepted Answer

Better not: Lupus patients usually are on some sort of immunosuppressants, meaning their immune system is bit compromised, skin integrity is part of intact immune system if it is breached can lead to skin inflammation or infection, cellulitis is one sort of such infection

Question 2

what is lupus?

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Autoimmune disease: Lupus (or sle or systemic lupus erythematosus) is an autoimmune disease that can cause many symptoms including joint pains, kidney disease, rashes, blood count disturbances and more.  Your doctor can evaluate if you need to be tested.

Question 3

what is lupus?

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Inflammatory disease: Lupus is a chronic inflammatory disease [instead of your body fighting germs or bacteria, it starts to attack healthy cells] with unknown cause.

Question 4

what is lupus?

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Auto-immune disease: Systemic lupus erythematosis:  a complex disease. It is an "auto-immune" disease (production of antibodies attacking the sufferer's own body). Symptoms can include fevers, aches/pains, fatigue, weight loss, kidney disease, rash, easy clotting, many others. Treatment includes suppressing the immune system to reduce the antibodies. Discoid lupus has a rash, not necessarily other symptoms.

Question 5

what is lupus?

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Autoimmune disease: The immune system causes inflammation in skin (often red cheeks after sun exposure), and/or joints, and sometimes organs like kidney, muscle, liver, blood vessels, brain. Treated with plaquenil, (hydroxychloroquine) antiinflammatories, other meds, and healthy habits like vaccines to prevent infections and exercise to stay fit.

Question 6

what is lupus?

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It is: It is an autoimmune disease where your immune system attacks your body.  There are 4 forms: systemic, drug-induced, discoid, and subacute cutanenous.  The lupus foundation's website has great educational material.

Question 7

what is lupus?

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Systemic lupus: SLE is a very specific disease of the immune system.  It can affect any organ in the body and usually at least two organs, not always at the same time.  Unfortunately the test used to screen for lupus, the ANA, is very sensitive and is positive in many more people without lupus than with lupus.    For more information see the excellent website https://www.hopkinslupus.org/lupus-info/

Question 8

what is lupus?

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See details: Lupus is the name given to a group of autoimmune diseases in which the immune system become overactive and attacks normal, healthy tissues. These tissues include skin, joints, kidneys, lungs, heart and nerves.

Question 9

what causes lupus?

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See answer: Dysfunction of the immune system. The exact cause has not yet been determined.

Question 10

what exactly is lupus?

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Autoimmune: Systemic lupus erythematosus is an auto immune illness. This means people have a immume response against themselves and their own tissues. The hallmark blood test is a positive anti-nuclear antibody or  an ana. Depending on what tissue is involved results in the clinical symptoms such as rash, arthritis, kidney disease etc.

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