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Lupus Lupus is one of the many diseases which can cause harm to one's body and can lead or trigger other various diseases. It causes many symptoms depending on each
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Lupus is one of the many diseases which can cause harm to one’s body and can lead or trigger other various diseases. It causes many symptoms depending on each person and mimics other diseases, which makes it hard to diagnose and treat.
Lupus is another type of autoimmune disease which causes the white blood cells to attack the body’s healthy tissues and cells because they cannot recognize the difference between good cells and the harmful ones. Over 16,000 people are diagnosed with Lupus each year in America alone. Since it has an effect on the immune system, it leaves people affected with it vulnerable to colds that could flare up into pneumonia since the body can’t defend itself. Having Lupus can lead to various other diseases and ailments such as fibromyalgia (which causes pain in the neck, shoulders, joints, and muscles), headaches, depression, inflammation, low thyroid function, Rheumatoid arthritis, panic attacks, short term memory loss, a butterfly shaped rash on the face, skin lesions that worsen with exposure to the sun, Reynaud’s phenomenon (where the fingers and toes turns blue because of lack of circulation and amplified senses where warm is hot and cool is freezing), dry eyes, allergies, asthma, and chest pain. Other symptoms that can occur include gastrointestinal problems, low blood sugar, Candida yeast infections, fatigue, sensitive eyes, and atherosclerotic heart disease, which can lead to heart attack. When exercising, people with Lupus need to be careful because the usual pain that tells us when to stop doesn’t occur which could make people exercise longer than their body can handle. This causes lactic acid to build up and the body begins recirculate carbon dioxide instead of oxygen, which makes the person feel weak and painful for days afterward. Many people can develop a sense of vertigo and/or loss of balance. Along with all of these symptoms many will experience sleep disturbances. While they sleep they will experience...
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