Lupus
Our health topic for this week focuses on Lupus. It is estimated that over 200,000 people in the United States are infected annually by this chronic autoimmune disease . According to The Lupus Foundation of America this disease can damage any part of the body. If you are diagnosed with its symptoms that means that something has gone wrong with your immune system. Your body is unable to tell the difference between foreign antibodies and your own health tissues. So, auto antibodies attack and destroy healthy tissues.. Some of the symptoms include:
* Fatigue- can me mistaken for other condition.
* Hair Loss- this is due to the inflammation in your body as a result of the disease. This loss of hair can be extended to eyebrows and beards. In some cases hair falls out in clumps
* Pain and swollen joints.
* Seizures - 50 percent of lupus sufferers experience seizures
*Stroke
Lupus affect women more than men, and is believed to be triggered in many cases by certain medications. Steroids is one of those medications that put you at risk.
A sensible diet composed fruit and vegetables helps to control the onset of this disease .
Our health topic for this week focuses on Lupus. It is estimated that over 200,000 people in the United States are infected annually by this chronic autoimmune disease . According to The Lupus Foundation of America this disease can damage any part of the body. If you are diagnosed with its symptoms that means that something has gone wrong with your immune system. Your body is unable to tell the difference between foreign antibodies and your own health tissues. So, auto antibodies attack and destroy healthy tissues.. Some of the symptoms include:
* Fatigue- can me mistaken for other condition.
* Hair Loss- this is due to the inflammation in your body as a result of the disease. This loss of hair can be extended to eyebrows and beards. In some cases hair falls out in clumps
* Pain and swollen joints.
* Seizures - 50 percent of lupus sufferers experience seizures
*Stroke
Lupus affect women more than men, and is believed to be triggered in many cases by certain medications. Steroids is one of those medications that put you at risk.
A sensible diet composed fruit and vegetables helps to control the onset of this disease .