Articles in Lupus
Lupus
Lupus is an autoimmune ailment wherein hyperactivity of the body’s immune system causes it to assault normally functioning, healthy tissues leading to adverse symptoms like inflammation and harm to the joints, skin, blood, heart, lungs and kidneys.
The normally functioning immune system produces proteins known as antibodies as a defensive and deterrent mechanism to combat antigens like viruses and bacteria. Lupus has a hoodwink effect on the immune system leading it to impel the antibodies into launching attacks on not merely the antigens but also the healthy tissues causing adverse inflammation, discomfort and damage to the tissues.
There are varied forms of lupus that have been discovered, but the kind that is herewith being referred to merely as lupus is called as SLE or systemic lupus [...]
