Question 1

is the lupus that affects the skin less serious than the systemic lupus? would it be fatal/complications arise if lupus of the skin goes untreated?

Accepted Answer

If limited to skin: Lupus limited to the skin is generally less serious.  It is usually easy to treat, so why wait?

Question 2

is lupus ever fatal?

Accepted Answer

Yes but not usually: In the 1950s, 60% of lupus patients died within five years. Now, more than 90% survive beyond five years. Many lupus patients have non-life threatening disease. Kidney or brain involvement portends a worse prognosis.

Question 3

is lupus a fatal disease?

Accepted Answer

Sometimes: People can die from complications from lupus such as renal failure, heart attacks, stroke, infection, medications etc. But many people also live long and healthy lives with lupus and die from something else. The severity of disease in different people can cover a wide range from mild irritation to deadly, depending on that persons specific manifestations.

Question 4

is systemic lupus erythematosus fatal?

Accepted Answer

Sometimes.: Sle is generally treated with good response, but unfortunately it is sometimes fatal.

Question 5

what happens if someone who has lupus catches aids?  is that a fatal combination?

Accepted Answer

Lupus and HIV   AIDS: No, it's not fatal.  Life itself is always fatal, as far as we know, except for hela cells. Having lupus and HIV infection together may shorten a person's life, but neither condition is rapidly fatal, nor is the combination. It depends on how severe the lupus is, to a degree, and how virile or rapidly mutating the HIV strain of virus is. But there are many known cases of people having both.

Question 6

is systemic lupus erythematosus a kind of cancer disease, and is it fatal?

Accepted Answer

Serious non-cancer: Lupus is a common multisystem autoimmune poorly-understood illness that is not cancer.  It formerly killed many, if not most, of its victims.  With today's treatments and a compliant, proactive patient, death is the exception.  One of the most troublesome things is that lupus patients feel much sicker than they look, and this causes misunderstandings. Groups of fellow lupus-sufferers can help lots.

Question 7

is lupus rare?

Accepted Answer

Yes: It occurs in about 1 in 700 Caucasian women and 1 in 300 African American women.

Question 8

who all gets lupus?

Accepted Answer

Genetic 2/3 envr 1/3: There are  genetic forces in about 2/3 of people and environmental factors in1/3.

Question 9

is lupus reversible?

Accepted Answer

No: Lupus in all its various presentations is treatable but it is not curable nor reversible. In some cases, lupus may go into remission but if it does go into remission, it does so on its own and does not go into remission as a result of treatment.

Question 10

is lupus hereditary?

Accepted Answer

Somewhat hereditary?: Sle (lupus) is an auto-immune disorder in which a person's immune system is reacting strongly against parts of his own body. The inflammation from the immune system reaction leads to symptoms. It is believed to be partly genetic or familial (some people may be genetically more likely to get sle) and partly environmental (something happens in a person's life that sets off the auto-immune reaction).

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