The symptoms, similarities and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus

What you need to know about Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus are chronic inflammatory autoimmune diseases. These are conditions where the body attacks and damages its own immune system. Inflammation causes pain, redness, swelling, loss of function, and heat; it can affect interna...

Remedies for Lupus

Lupus, an autoimmune disease has serious complications in the later stages. It attacks kidneys and produces Nephritis. Efficiency of kidneys reduces and toxins and other wastes accumulate in the blood. One may suffer from hematuria or blood in urine....

How to identify Lupus

Lupus is an autoimmune disease. When the immune system becomes hyperactive the immune system starts attacking body parts itself causing inflammation and destruction of tissue. Autoimmune diseases are characterised by periodic flare ups and remissions...

Treatment options for lupus

Lupus is of many types depending on its nature and the organs it affects. The disease commonly called Lupus is the most virulent form attacking almost all organs. Its medical name is Systemic Lupus erythematosus SLE. Another variety is called discoid...

Illnesses that can be caused by Lupus

The symptoms that lupus exhibits depend on the organs that are attacked. The small joints of the hand are a very common victim. Initially the pain and swelling of joints and the early morning stiffness may not be taken serious. Like any other lupus s...

Most common symptoms of Lupus

Lupus is an autoimmune disease and has frequent flare ups and has alternating remissions. This is a common feature of all autoimmune diseases. Autoimmune is a condition of over activity of the immune system and they in their hyperactivity stats attac...

Lupus – An Overview

It is the immune system that protects the body from attacks from foreign bodies. It does so by producing certain proteins called antibodies. Sometimes the immune system loses the capacity to distinguish between foreign bodies and attacks the body's o...