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Lupus Awareness May – The symptoms and signs of lupus (under the Arthritis umbrella)

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 07:50:23 +0000

The symptoms and signs of Lupus (under the Arthritis umbrella) There are no hard and fast rules – systemic lupus erythematosus SLE can develop a different combination of symptoms, with various parts and/or organs involved. The most common symptoms - Fatigue Low-grade fever Loss of appetite Aching muscles Mouth ulcers The butterfly rash Hyper-sensitivity to [...]

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Lupus Awareness May – Drug induced Lupus the bad news and the good news

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 07:44:50 +0000

The Bad News – It has been reported the there are dozens of medications that can trigger systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The drugs most lightly to cause “drug-induced lupus” - Hydralazine for blood pressure Quinidine and Procainamide used for abnormal heart rhythms Phenytoin used for epilepsy Isoniazid used for tuberculois D-penicillamine used for rheumatoid arthritis [...]

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Can lupus affect pregnancy?

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:02:19 +0000

The people most at risk of getting lupus are women of child bearing age. So how does lupus affect pregnancy? If you have lupus and are considering getting pregnant, you will need very close supervision during your pregnancy, during the delivery and the postpartum time.Women with lupus seem to have a higher risk of miscarriage [...]

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Conventional drug treatment for systemic lupus

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:42:58 +0000

Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic They say there is no cure for systemic lupus. Goal is to relieve suffering, reduce inflammation and protect the organs. Many patients with mild symptoms may need no treatment or only intermittent courses of anti-inflammatory medications. Conventional treatments for more serious illness involving damage to [...]

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Diagnosing Lupus (a form of arthritis)

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:31:36 +0000

The combination of symptoms can vary enormously from one patient to another depending on which organ/s are involved. Making it quite difficult to diagnose Lupus (one of many diseases that full under the arthritis banner/. The American Rheumatism Association set out 11 criteria and if a person has 4 or more it is thought that [...]

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The symptoms and signs of lupus (under the Arthritis umbrella)

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:27:34 +0000

Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and health Clinic There are no hard and fast rules – systemic lupus erythematosus SLE can develop different combination of symptoms, with various part and organs involved. The most common symptoms - Fatigue Low-grade fever Loss of appetite Aching muscles Mouth ulcers The butterfly rash Hyper-sensitivity to sunlight [...]

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Drug induced Lupus – a form of arthritis

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:47:49 +0000

It has been reported that there are dozens of medications that can trigger systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The drugs most lightly to cause “drug-induced lupus” - Hydralazine for blood pressure Quinidine and Procainamide used for abnormal heart rhythms Phenytoin used for epilepsy Isoniazid used for tuberculois D-penicillamine used for rheumatoid arthritis These drugs are known [...]

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Lupus a form of arthritis

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:13:17 +0000

Lupus is a condition that comes under the heading of Arthritis – it too is an inflammatory condition that are acute and chronic – an auto-immune disease. Our immune system is a complex system – designed to protect us – to fight off any invading bacteria, virus etc. The immune system protects us by producing [...]

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Lupus (under the umbrella of arthritis) and hair loss

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:32:50 +0000

Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Health Clinic Hair loss – known as alopecia can occur in about 50 percent of people with lupus (a form of arthritis) at some time during the course of the disease. For a woman this is extremely distressing, but the good news is, hair loss associated with [...]

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