Red Wolf Disease (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus), A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

This book describes Red Wolf Disease (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus), Diagnosis and Treatment and Related DiseasesSystemic Lupus Erythematosus, you are the wolf in my skinYou spread your dreaded disease throughout my beingYou put your lupus red butterfly appearance on my faceThen go on to damage my other organs like a amazing raceThe antibodies you produced are killing by body cellsIn skin, bones, kidneys, heart and everything I can tellSome medicines also give rise to you like penicillamineStress and anxiety also bring out the wolf on the sceneYour LE cells are diagnostic of your involvementYou cause pain through the bones and joint ligamentsYou attack my skin, my nerves, my eyes and my heartMost of all you attack my kidneys tearing them apartI fear the kidney damage most of all, it will be the cause of my deathLuckily there are medicines like cellcept to keep you at bayTreat my lung disease or brain dementia and skin dermititisRelieve the pain of my muscles, bones and polyarthritis-An original poem by Kenneth KeeRed Wolf Disease (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) is a chronic multi-system autoimmune inflammatory disease which attacks the whole body.
Systemic lupus erythematosus obtains its name from the attacking feature of the morbid process in the late medical stages (lupus meaning wolf). It typically has a butterfly erythrematous (red) rash on the face. It is not contagious. There are many kinds of lupus.1. The most frequent type systemic lupus erythematosus affects many parts of the body. Other types of lupus are:2. Discoid lupus erythematosus-causes a skin rash that does not go away3.
Sub-acute cutaneous lupus erythematosus-causes skin sores on parts of the body exposed to sun4. Drug-induced lupus-can be caused by medications5. Neonatal lupus-a rare type of lupus that affects newborns. Ninety percent of lupus patients are women. Though lupus is most frequent among women, it also may involve men and children, and people of all ages. It happens in people 18 to 45 years old. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is an autoimmune disease.
If the patient has lupus, the immune system attacks the healthy cells and tissues. This can injure many components of the body such as the:1. Joints2. Skin3. Kidneys4. Heart5. Lungs6. Blood vessels7. Brain. The classical manifestation of a triad of fever, joint pain, and rash in a woman of childbearing age should start investigation into the diagnosis of SLE. Skin biopsy can assist in the diagnosis of SLEThere is no cure for SLE at the present moment.
Treatment is to relieve symptoms and prevent organs from deteriorating. Patients with mild symptoms may not need any treatment:1. Short course of anti-inflammatory medications such as NSAID or corticosteroids.2. Rest and freedom from stressPatients with serious illness which has affected their organ may require strong medicines:1. High doses of corticosteroids are particularly helpful if internal organs are involved.2.
NSAIDs such as aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen can reduce inflammation and pain in the musculoskeletal system.3. Anti-malarial medicine such as Hydroxychloroquine has been particularly effective for SLE patients with fatigue, skin, and joint disease.4. Immunosuppressive medications are methotrexate, azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, cyclosporine.5. Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDS) such as Rituximab and belimumab are effective against SLE.6.
End stage kidney damage from SLE requires dialysis or a kidney transplant7. Plasmapheresis is used to remove antibodies from the blood to suppres...