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This is for a school assignment Intro to research

Lupus an auto immune disorder that can affect any or every part of the body. Lupus is known to have periods of inflammation, also known as flares and remission. Flares can be educed by a variety of factors. What seems to have been the cause of a Lupus flare one time may not cause a flare to occur in the same person again. Triggers can be things such as, a major trauma to the body such as giving birth, a major surgery or even a stressful event in one some ones life like the death of a loved one. For this reason, persons that have been diagnosed with this disorder have called Lupus “The disease with a 1000 faces” (www.lupusontario.org).

A person with Lupus lives with allot of fears such as, fear of when the next flare is going to occur, fear of failure, fear of a crisis and so on. These fears are found in the book, Living well with Lupus and also on the Lupus Canada web site (Senical 1998)(lupuscanada.org).

Lupus can be divided into 3 categories,

Discoid This is a non fatal form of the disorder that is primarily only skin deep. This leaves the patient with a moth or butterfly like shaped rash on the face and cheeks. Rashes are not limited to the face and may occur on other parts of the body. Especially those parts of the body that have had prolonged exposure to the sun.

Systemic This form can be in some cases being fatal because the disease can attach major parts of the body such as the lungs, heart or kidneys as well as the skin. Drug Induced Discoid like symptoms become present while a person is on medication. Thankfully the symptoms fade away after finishing the medication or discontinuing use. Some of the most common symptoms of Lupus are a butterfly rash across the bridge of the nose and on the cheeks of the face and sun sensitivity.

Drug Induced This form of Lupus is common in those that are on medication for a long period of time. Thankfully, symptoms such as the rash subside shortly after the medicine is completed or no longer being taken.

http://www.lupusontario.org/education-and-resources.aspx

www.lupuscanada.org

LUPUS: The Disease with a Thousand Faces by Jean-Luc Senécal, MD, FRCPC?Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Montreal School of Medicine?Director, Connective Tissue Disease Clinic and Rheumatology-Immunology Research Laboratory, Division of Rheumatology, Notre-Dame Hospital Montreal, Quebec Copyright1990; Second Edition 1991, 4th printing 1998 Lupus Canada.

Living well with Lupus booklet by Jean-Luc Senécal, MD, FRCPC?Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Montreal School of Medicine Director, Connective Tissue Disease Clinic and Rheumatology-Immunology Research Laboratory, Division of Rheumatology, Notre-Dame Hospital Montreal, Quebec Copyright 1990; Second Edition 1991, 4th printing 1998 Lupus Canada.

Severe lupus responds to stem cell therapy. (2006). Harvard Women's Health Watch, 13(8), 4-5. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.