Two of the most significant symptoms of the early stages of lupus are feelings of extremely tiredness and joint pain. Lupus is an inflammatory disease in which your body's immune system essentially attacks itself. If you have inflammation around...
Systemic lupus erythematosus--better known as lupus or SLE--is an autoimmune disease affecting the skin, kidneys, lungs, joints and other body organs. The immune system protects the body from infectious agents. To do this, it has a system for...
Lupus is an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system abnormally attacks the healthy cells and tissues within the body. Currently, the cause of lupus is unknown but there are treatment strategies available to help manage symptoms. Early...
Systemic lupus erythematosus, often abbreviated to simply lupus, affects at least 1.5 million Americans, the Lupus Foundations of America (LFA) reports. Lupus, an autoimmune disease that attacks organs and joints, affects mostly women of...
Rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus are chronic inflammatory diseases in which the body's immune system produces auto-antibodies against the tissues and organs. The inflammation caused by lupus affects many different body organs...
Lupus is a disease that can be a problem in various areas of the body. The Mayo Clinic reports that it is inflammation caused by your own immune system attacking your organs and tissues. This inflammation can affect such organs as your lungs,...
Unfortunately, as of 2010, there are no reporting requirements for lupus, so the number of patients is not precisely known. The Centers for Disease Control estimate that between 322,000 to possibly over a million people in the United States were...
Hair loss in women is often one of the more difficult topics to discuss. Some women feel they are alone in this problem, but it is more common than many realize. Nearly 25 million women are affected by some degree of hair loss at any given time,...
Hair loss in women older than 50 can occur due to genetics, the aging process or even an underlying medical condition. Depending on its cause, it can be a permanent or temporary condition. In order to properly treat and cope with hair loss, it is...