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High Blood Pressure Systemic Lupus
1,183 wordsLupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease which causes inflammation of various parts of the body, especially the skin, joints, blood and kidneys. The body's immune system normally makes proteins called antibodies to protect the body against viruses, bacteria and other foreign materials. These foreign materials are called ANTIGENS. In an autoimmune disorder such as Lupus, the immune system loses its ability to tell the difference between foreign substances (antigens) and its own cells and tissues. T...
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Systemic Lupus Lupus Erythematosus
1,101 words... leven criteria are closely related to the symptoms discussed above. Some patients suspected of having systemic lupus may never develop enough criteria for a definite diagnosis. Other patients accumulate enough criteria only after months or years of observation. When a person has four or more of these criteria, the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus is suggested. The eleven criteria used for diagnosing systemic lupus erythematosus are: malar (over the cheeks of the face) "butterfly" ra...
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Rises Must Converge Flannery O'connor
1,553 wordsFlannery O'Connor was a Southern writer especially noted for 32 incisive short stories before a tragic death at the age of 39. Mary Flannery O'Connor was born March 25, 1925 in Savannah, Georgia, the only child of Francis and Regina O'Connor. The family lived on Lafayette Square at 207 East Charlton Street in Savannah, adjacent to the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, where Mary Flannery was baptized into the Catholic faith on April 12, 1925. She attended school at St. Vincent's grammar school,...
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Systemic Lupus Blood Cell
1,087 wordsLupus Definition of the Disease Lupus is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown cause that can affect virtually any part of the body. The medical term for Lupus is Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or better known as SLE. With Lupus there is a malfunction in some of the cells of the immune system. 'In Lupus, the body overreacts to an unknown stimulus and makes to many antibodies, or proteins directed against body tissue. Thus, Lupus is called an autoimmune disease. "# Myth/Reality Statements Myth:...
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Bodys Immune System Lupus Erythematosus
919 wordsLupus is Lupus Lupus Lupus is an autoimmune disorder which means that the bodys immune system is not functioning normal and its attacking the normal tissue, instead of the bacteria and viruses or in other words the bodys immune system is hurting itself. The body is just reacting to unknown stimulus and it makes too many antibodies, or proteins directed against body tissue. Its the complete opposite that happens in A. I. D. S. and Cancer a virus or disease breaks down in the immune system unlike ...
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