There are 4 forms of Lupus: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus, Drug-Induced Lupus Erythematosus, and Neonatal Lupus. When people discuss lupus, they're generally referring to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. However, lupus in whatever form is an autoimmune disorder. Our immune system is programmed to protect our bodies from foreign invaders that will do us harm such as germs, bacterium, and viruses.
As soon as the immune system senses the presence of an invader, it produces antibodies to destroy it. However, in the case of an autoimmune disease, the immune system fails to distinguish between the cells of our body and a foreign invader and attacks our body cells.
Drug-induced lupus is caused by certain prescription medicine*. It may have symptoms similar to SLE but it doesn't attack major organs and it's not chronic. This sickness goes away within 6 months of stopping the medicine. Neonatal lupus affects babies born to mothers who have lupus. It's a rare condition and can be treated before or at birth. Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus is restricted to the skin. Rashes develop on the face, neck, scalp, in the mouth and nozzle. This form of lupus may also be accompanied by hair loss and modifications in skin pigmentation.
SLE can attack any part of the body and may be mild or severe. Severe lupus affects major organs of the body such as the heart, lungs, brain, nervous system and kidneys. However, most cases of lupus are mild. Lupus affects women more often than men. Nearly 90 percent of the patients are women. The disease is common in women between the ages of fifteen and forty-four. It's also more likely to strike people of color.
Lupus is a disease in which patients have good days and bad days. A few days your symptoms are bigger and you feel sick; other days the symptoms are not as bad and you feel better. It's not a contagious disease in that it can be transmitted by contact however there's some evidence to indicate heredity may play a role. Lupus is extremely difficult to diagnose. The medical community refers to lupus as "the great imitator" because its symptoms are the same as is present in many other illnesses. The symptoms are also vague and intermittent. And they vary according to the part of the body that's under attack.
There's no one diagnostic test that's conclusive. For instance there's a blood test known as antinuclear antibodies or ANAs. It tests for the presence of abnormal antibodies. If one has a minus result, it indicates that one doesn't have lupus but a plus result doesn't mean that one does have. It will sometimes require years before a doctor can make a definite diagnosis of lupus.
There are two types of lupus. These are systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and discoid lupus erythematosus.
SLE is a chronic inflammatory connective tissue disorder of unknown cause that can involve joints, kidneys, serous surfaces, and vessel walls and that occurs predominantly in young women but also kids.
Discoid lupus is a chronic and recurrent disorder primarily affecting the skin and characterized by sharply circumscribed macules and plaques showing erythema (redness), follicular plugging, scales, telangiectasia (dilated superficial blood vessels in the skin), and atrophy.
Both of these conditions are autoimmune conditions. Autoimmune conditions are disorders in which the immune system produces autoantibodies to an endogenous antigen, with consequent injury to tissues. This essential means the immune system begins attacking you own body's tissues.
Natural treatment of Lupus
Natural treatment of lupus would be targeted at the autoimmune factor of the disease. Homoeopathy can help tremendously in the treatment of autoimmune conditions; especially because it targets the individual symptoms each patient knows.
Nutraceuticals
The number one nutraceutical I'd recommend in the treatment of this condition would be glyconutrients. This is because of their ability to enhance and right the cellular communication between organ systems in the body. This is vitally important in treating autoimmune conditions, as the body requires getting the immune system to recognize that the tissues of the body are not foreign and to switch off the immune response and thus the autoimmune condition.
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