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What is Lupus? Disease causes immune system to attack its own tissues
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CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The outpouring of support for Selena Gomez from friends and fans, is also raising questions from many about what happens in the body with Lupus.
Bethesda North Hospital providers, who care for patients with Lupus, talked about the disease.
Lupus is considered an inflammatory disease caused when the immune system attacks its own tissues.
It can impact the joints, the skin the blood cells, the brain, heart, lungs, and in Selena's case, the kidneys.
This family medicine team i spoke with today said symptoms vary, but can include fatigue, joint pain, rash and fever.
These get worse with flare ups, and then the condition of the patient improves.
Right now, there's no cure for Lupus and treatment is mainly symptom management. That still will be true even after the kidney transplant for Selena.
“Treatment options for Lupus are not quite as good for Lupus as they are for some of the other autoimmune diseases such as some of the biologic infusions, that are popular now, but the Lupus would still require treatment,” said Dr. Scott Woods of TriHealth Family Medicine.
Dr. Woods says anti-inflammatory medications and steroids help manage symptoms not so severe for Lupus.
She will need to manage those as well as the kidney transplant now for life.
Bethesda North Hospital providers, who care for patients with Lupus, talked about the disease.
Lupus is considered an inflammatory disease caused when the immune system attacks its own tissues.
It can impact the joints, the skin the blood cells, the brain, heart, lungs, and in Selena's case, the kidneys.
This family medicine team i spoke with today said symptoms vary, but can include fatigue, joint pain, rash and fever.
These get worse with flare ups, and then the condition of the patient improves.
Right now, there's no cure for Lupus and treatment is mainly symptom management. That still will be true even after the kidney transplant for Selena.
“Treatment options for Lupus are not quite as good for Lupus as they are for some of the other autoimmune diseases such as some of the biologic infusions, that are popular now, but the Lupus would still require treatment,” said Dr. Scott Woods of TriHealth Family Medicine.
Dr. Woods says anti-inflammatory medications and steroids help manage symptoms not so severe for Lupus.
She will need to manage those as well as the kidney transplant now for life.