Lupus

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Own sense of the word lupus is Latin for "wolf". This term began to be known about a century ago. Initially, these patients thought to have a skin disorder, in the form of redness around the nose and cheek. Red blotches on the face and arms, heat and prolonged fatigue, hair loss, swollen joints and often arise sprue. The disease is not only attacking the skin, but also can attack almost all organs in the body.

The symptoms of the disease known as Systemic Lupus Eritomatosus (LES) aka Lupus. Eritomatosus means reddish. whereas widespread significant systemic control every aspect of organs. The term is called LES or lupus. The symptoms are common:

   1. The skin is easily burned by the sun and the incidence of digestive disorders.
   2. Symptoms generally sufferers often feel weak, excessive fatigue, fever and aches. These symptoms mainly found in the active period, whereas during remission (inactive) disappeared.
   3. In the skin, red rash will appear which runs on both cheeks, like a butterfly. Sometimes called (butterfly rash). However, disc-like red rash may appear on the skin throughout the body, striking and sometimes scaly. Seeing the many symptoms of these diseases, the woman who was attacked by two or more symptoms only, should be suspected of suffering from lupus.
   4. Anemia caused by blood cells destroyed by the red this LUPUS disease
   5. Hair loss and often excessive fatigue

Dr. Rahmat Gunadi of Fak. Medical Unpad / RSHS explained, lupus is a disease where the immune system tissue in the body is considered a foreign object. Immune system's reaction to the various organ systems such as skin tissue, muscle, bone, kidneys, nervous system, cardiovascular system, lungs, the lining of the lungs, liver, digestive system, eyes, brain, and blood vessels and cells blood cells.

"The disease can be of all walks of life, 1-5 people in every 100,000 residents, is genetic, can be derived. Women 6-10 times more often than men, especially at the age of 15-40 years. African and Asian nations are more vulnerable than whites. And of course, family Odapus. The emergence of this disease because of the sensitivity factors and the factors that trigger the infection, the use of drugs, exposed to sun exposure, use of birth control pills, and stress, "he said. This disease affects women just kebanyakaan productive age until the age of 50 years even though there are also men who experience it. Therefore, this disease is suspected to be associated with the hormone estrogen.

In pregnancies of women with SLE, often associated with pregnancy suspected that causes abortion, fetal development problems or even babies died at birth. But the opposite is also possible or even worsen geja LUPUS. Common symptoms of lupus arise during pregnancy or after childbirth.

The body has immunity to attack the disease and keeping healthy. However, in this disease attacks the body's immune actually a healthy organs. Lupus diseases associated with alleged excessive immunological system. In the body of a person who works there are antibodies to attack the source of the disease will enter the body. Uniquely, this lupus antibodies formed in the body appears excessive. Result, the antibodies actually attack the tissue cells of healthy organs. This disorder is called autoimunitas. This excess antibodies, can enter the entire network in two ways:

First, this strange antibodies can directly attack the body tissue, such as in cells that causes red blood cells will be destroyed. This is what caused the sufferer red blood cell deficiency or anemia.

Second, antibodies can be joined with antigens (substances stimulating the formation of antibodies), to form complex bonds called antibodies and antigens imun.Gabungan flow with blood, until caught in capillary blood vessels will cause inflammation. In normal circumstances, this complex will be limited by inflammatory cells (phagocyte) However, in abnormal circumstances, this complex can not properly restricted. In fact, inflammatory cells were increased a lot, producing enzymes that cause inflammation around the complex. The result, the process will be prolonged inflammation and damage organs and interfere with its function. Furthermore, it will be seen as symptoms of disease. If this happens, then the long-term organ function will be disrupted.

Recovery from this disease, it seems difficult. Doctors are more focused on the nature of treatment to prevent sementara.Lebih focused and not spread the disease to attack the vital organs of the body.