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Autoimmune Diseases

Autoimmune Diseases. By: Jacob Jashinsky and Jason Miller. What is an Autoimmune diseases?. A normal immune system will attack anything that bad or foreign to your body. But an autoimmune disease will make your immune system attack normal healthy cells

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Autoimmune Diseases

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  1. Autoimmune Diseases By: Jacob Jashinsky and Jason Miller

  2. What is an Autoimmune diseases? • A normal immune system will attack anything that bad or foreign to your body. • But an autoimmune disease will make your immune system attack normal healthy cells • There are more than 80 types of autoimmune diseases

  3. Medical Facts for the autoimmune diseases Lupus • Lupus is not believed to be directly inherited, but can tend to run in the family. Possibly something in the environment will trigger the diseases • Of the 1.5 million diagnosed with Lupus, 90% are female. • Lupus does appear in certain families, and when an identical twin has lupus, there is an increased chance that the other twin will get the disease.

  4. Test for Lupus • Routine Blood Test-to check the number of blood cells. • Urine Test-to check any signs of weakening kidneys. • ANA Test-to find types of anti-bodies in your blood.

  5. Symptoms of Lupus • Muscle pain • Joint pain • Red rash • Fever • Persistent fatigue • Sensitivity to ultraviolet light • Hair loss • Inflammation and damage to organs and tissues, including the kidneys, lungs, heart, lining of the heart, central nervous system, and blood vessels

  6. People with lupus can have a normal life expectancy • Depending on how severe the diseases is, treatment can include cream for rashes to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. • Treatment may also include corticosteroids, and immunosuppressants. • Benlysta is a new recent drug that has been used to treat mild symptoms for patients

  7. Life with Lupus • Most people experience flares of the symptoms. • Depending on the severity of the diseases people may have no trouble at all doing anything around the home, but some may need help to bath. • Before finding a cure scientist must figure out what causes Lupus, then a possible cure could be found.

  8. Bibliography • "Lupus." Lupus Foundation of America. Web. 28 Feb. 2011. <http://www.lupus.org>. • "Lupus." National Library of Medicine - National Institutes of Health. Web. 28 Feb. 2011. <http://www.nlm.nih.gov>. • "Life Expectancy for Lupus Patients." Lupus4You Home. Web. 28 Feb. 2011. <http://www.lupus4you.com/LupusLifeExpectancy.html>.

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