1. Lupus Disease
By: Georgia Moses

2. (1.4 million Americans are affected by lupus)

3. (1.4 million Americans are affected by lupus)
What Is Lupus?
Lupus is a disease where the body’s natural defenses turn against themselves. Lupus fights the body by sending antibodies and cells to attack the body’s tissues.
(1.4 million Americans are affected by lupus)

4. Anyone can get lupus, but it often affects women in their 20s and 30s.
Who Can Get Lupus?
Anyone can get lupus, but it often affects women in their 20s and 30s.
Women are 9 times more likely to get lupus.
African Americans are 3-4 times more likely to get lupus.

5. Symptoms

6. What Symptoms Can Help A Doctor Diagnose A Person With Lupus?
A butterfly shaped rash found across the bridge of the nose and cheeks
A scaly disk on chest, neck or face
Sensitivity to the sun
Skin ulcers on the tongue or inside the nose and mouth
Arthritis
Inflammation on the lining of organs
Kidney issues
Spine and brain issues

7. What Symptoms Are Unique To Lupus?
Unexplained fever
Pale fingers, toes, ears, and nose
Gland swelling
Hair loss

8. Can Lupus Be Fatal?
Lupus itself cannot kill you. But the disease can cause simple sicknesses, like the flu, that can eventually cause death.

9. Causes

10. Is The Cause Of Lupus Known?
The exact cause of lupus is unknown.

11. What Do Scientists Believe Is The Cause Of Lupus?
Doctors believe genetic heritage, the environment and hormones may cause lupus.

12. What Systems Does Lupus Affect?
Immune System
Nervous System
Cardiovascular System
Respiratory System
Urinary System
Integumentary System
Muscular System

13. Lupus causes nerve cell damage.
What Cells Are Damaged?
Lupus causes nerve cell damage.

14. How Does Lupus Affect The Nerve Cells?
Lupus sends antibodies that…
bind nerve cells
bind to blood vessels that provide oxygen and nutrients that the nerve cells need
interrupt blood flow to nerves

15. Transmission and Prevention

16. Is There Any Way Of Catching Lupus?
No. There is no way of “catching” lupus from another person.

17. What Are Flare Ups?
Flare Ups- happen when all symptoms go away for awhile but suddenly they come back again.

18. What Causes Flare Ups?
Different foods
Stress
A bacteria or virus

19. How Can You Prevent Lupus?
There is no way to prevent lupus, but there are ways to prevent flare ups.

20. How Do You Avoid Flare Ups?
being really tired
pain
rashes
fever
headache
dizziness
* REGULAR EXERSISE WILL HELP TOO*

21. Laurent-Theodore Biett was the first to describe the disease.
Epidemiology
Laurent-Theodore Biett was the first to describe the disease.

22. When Was Lupus Discovered?
Lupus was discovered during the 13th century.

23. Who Named Lupus Disease?
Rogerius was the person that named lupus.

24. What Is The Origin Of The Word Lupus?
Lupus is Latin for wolf.
The disease was probably named lupus because it seems to “devour” the affected part of the body.

25. Treatment

26. What Medicines Can Help Fight Lupus?
Aspirin and ibuprofen
(reduce joint and other tissue inflammation)
Antimalana drugs
(treats skin and joint issues and inflamed surfaces of the heart and lungs)
Immunosuppressive medication
(lessens normal immune responses)

27. What Vaccines Can Help Fight Lupus?
Seasonal Flu vaccine- reduces flu chances which with lupus can be very hard to fight.
Pneumonia vaccine- Pneumonia is very dangerous for people with lupus.
TDAP vaccine- protects against tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis which are all very risky to have if you have lupus.
HPV vaccine- for females with lupus.

28. Living With Lupus
With good treatment and management people with lupus can live full and productive lives. Without treatment, complications from lupus can cause death.

29. Resources