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Lupus (SLE) can affect the joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart, and lungs.

Symptoms vary but can include fatigue, joint pain, rash, and fever. These can periodically get worse (flare-up) and then improve.

While there's no cure for lupus, current treatments focus on improving quality of life through controlling symptoms and minimizing flare-ups. This begins with lifestyle modifications, including sun protection and diet. Further disease management includes medications, such as anti-inflammatories and steroids.

systemic lupus erythematosus
SLE

Consult a doctor for medical advice

Sources: Mayo Clinic and others.

Common

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Cases per year

More than 200,000 US cases per year

Treatment can help, but this condition can't be cured

Requires a medical diagnosis

Lab tests or imaging always required

Chronic: can last for years or be lifelong

Lupus is a systemic autoimmune disease that occurs when your body’s immune system attacks your own tissues and organs. Inflammation caused by lupus can affect many different body systems — including your joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart and lungs.

Lupus can be difficult to diagnose because its signs and symptoms often mimic those of other ailments. The most distinctive sign of lupus — a facial rash that resembles the wings of a butterfly unfolding across both cheeks — occurs in many but not all cases of lupus.

Some people are born with a tendency toward developing lupus, which may be triggered by infections, certain drugs or even sunlight. While there’s no cure for lupus, treatments can help control symptoms.

Exact cause is not known, but it is believed that the following can cause the disease
Genetics:
Families who have the history of having this disease are more likely to develop
Environmental Factors:

Exposure to ultra violet rays
Viruses
Medications or certain drugs
Emotional stress
Trauma

Hormones:

Females are more commonly affected than men
Women during pregnancy are high risk of developing this condition
It is believed that estrogen, a sex hormone can be responsible for this

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