what are the symptoms of systemic lupus?

Question

Aren't throbbing, painful feet a symptom of kidney failure in systemic lupus?

Answer 1

Many: Sle causes many different symptoms ranging from a butterfly rash on the face, thinning hair, diffuse joint pain, seizures, chest pain and renal failure.

Answer 2

MULTI SYSTEM: Affects all organs of the body and need prednisone, antibiotics and immunosuppressants to treat.

Answer 3

Lupus: Lupus comes in 4 major types: systemic, discoid (skin only), neonatal, and drug-induced. Some people who have an abnormality in their immune system and fail to make a body defense protein called complement are also at risk for developing lupus. It has been estimated that 1.5 million people in the US have one of these lupus forms. Women are 2-3 times more likely to develop this disease than men.

Answer 4

SLE: If it is diagnosed based on clinical symptoms and laboratory evaluation, then it is almost certainly sle. There is a small percentage of people with sle without the appropriate laboratory markers.

Answer 5

Need some tests: Normal bowel frequency in america fits a bell-curve distribution--once daily stooling is the middle of the curve, but the normal range extends from 3 bowel movements daily to 1 bowel movement every 3-4 days. Testing will define if your incomplete emptying is due to inflammation, rectal/anal dysfunction, partial obstruction due to mass, stenosis, obstipation, extrinsic, or is a functional issue.

Answer 6

Irregular bowl move.: Many otc meds can be used to regulate the bowel movement., being on folio acid also can cause constipation ..

Answer 7

Lupus: Systemic lupus is an autoimmune condition which is best dealt with a rheumatologist or an oncolologist. This can be a very serious problem and i reccomend the best specialists you can find.

Answer 8

Autoimmune disease: Lupus erythematosus is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown cause. The immune system attacks the patient's own body (autoimmunity) and can inflame the skin, joints, kidneys, nervous system, lungs, mucous membranes, and other internal organs. A red rash is often but not always present. Thus, it was named lupus erythematosus meaning "red wolf.".

Answer 9

Testing: If there is a question a rheumatologist can guide you.

Answer 10

Not a simple answer: Currently the diagnosis of sle is based on 11 criteria that the patient may have at once or over a period of time. To have a diagnosis, 4 of them must be met. Some criteria are clinical and others are from lab tests. See your physician if you are concerned about it.

Answer 11

S L E : Systemic lupus erythematosus is an auto immune disease, that can affect skin, joints, kodneys, brain, and other organs.Auto immune means bodys immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissues symptoms vary from person to person and may come and go.It is diagnosed with history of symptoms and blood tests for several antibodies it is treated with steroids and non steroidal meds, avoid sun and wear protect.

Answer 12

None: There are no natural treatments that have been proven to be effective.

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