Tag: warning signs of lupus
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Doctors Explain 12 Things That Help if You Live With Lupus
Lupus is an autoimmune disease that causes skin, joints, kidneys, brain, blood cells, heart, and lungs inflammation. Like other autoimmune diseases, your immune system attacks your body’s tissues. Lupus means “wolf” in Latin. A 13th-century doctor first used this word to describe the facial lesions he found on a patient because they reminded him of…
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11 Early Warning Signs of Lupus to Never Ignore
“Lupus is an autoimmune disease, where the body attacks itself.” – Dr. Howard Smith According to WebMD, “Lupus is an autoimmune disease, which means that the immune system mistakes the body’s own tissues as foreign invaders and attacks them.” Despite what Dr. House might think, sometimes all signs do, in fact, point to lupus. Lupus is an…