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Lupus is an auto immune dise
ase that can affect to any part of the body, such as joints, skin, lungs, heart, kidney and brain, and other organs. Lupus disease can cause varies greatly in severity, from mild cases with minimal intervention to those with significant signs or symptoms and potentially fatal damage to vital organs. It also depends on lupus types and the onset of location.
Normally our body produces defense-proteins called antibodies that protect the body from invaders like virus or bacteria. In Lupus disease, the immune system cannot recognize the difference between these foreign invaders and the body’s healthy tissues. This situation creates autoantibodies that destroy and attack healthy tissue and cause lupus, an inflammation, pain or damage in various parts of the body.
According to the statistic report by Lupus Foundation of America, there are 1.5 – 2 million people with lupus disease which 5,000 – 10,000 among them are children.
Anyone can get this disease, but it is most common among women and girls. More than 90% of people with lupus are female. In the United States of America, this condition is more likely to occur among people who are Hispanic-Latino, Native American, and African-American. Somehow they have greater risk factors than the others.
Lupus can be effectively treated and most people who have the disease can lead active and normal lives as long as it treated seriously. Early diagnosis, appropriate treatment and good diet, also will become determining factors of lupus disease cure.
