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Lupus ,Autoimmune & Invisible Diseases

 

Lupus , Autoimmune and Invisible Diseases, can be  very dibilitating. The patient, has to go day to day on how they feel. One day can be good, and the other bad. Here is some information on Lupus, Autoimmune , and Invisible Diseases!!

 any of various diseases or conditions marked by inflammation of the skin, especially lupus vulgaris or lupus erythematosus.
 
  • Cutaneous lupus. This was the first type of lupus to ever be diagnosed. This form of the condition affects only the skin, causing thick, red, scaly rashes on the face, neck, and scalp. After the rash goes away it can leave scarring and can cause hair loss in the scalp area.The most common type of cutaneous lupus is called discoid lupus. The rash of discoid lupus may last for a few days or, for some, go on for years. It can go away for a long time and then come back. Discoid lupus is much more common in women than men and usually occurs between the ages of 20 and 45. In about 10 percent of people with discoid lupus, the condition progresses to systemic lupus, a more serious form of the disease. It may also be that these people already had systemic lupus, and the rash was just the first symptom.
  • Systemic lupus. Systemic lupus is the most common type of lupus to be diagnosed. It is usually referred to simply as "lupus." This kind of lupus can affect almost any part of the body. Ninety percent of people diagnosed with systemic lupus are women in their child-bearing years. In the United States, the highest incidence is found in African-Americans.Symptoms of systemic lupus can be mild or severe and tend to come and go over time. Common symptoms include:
    • Painful joints
    • Fevers
    • Rashes caused by sun exposure
    • Hair loss
    • Loss of circulation in toes or fingers
    • Swelling in the legs
    • Ulcers inside the mouth
    • Swollen glands
    • Extreme tiredness
  • Drug-induced lupus. This type of lupus diagnosis is very rare and occurs as a result of taking certain types of medications for a long period of time. The most common medications linked to this form of lupus are hydralazine (Apresoline), used to treat high blood pressure, and procainamide (Pronestyl), used to treat heart disease. However, many of the drugs that can cause drug-induced lupus are being used less frequently today.Symptoms may be similar to those of systemic lupus and can include muscle and joint pain, fever, and rash. Men are more likely to have drug-induced lupus than women. Once the medication is stopped, symptoms of drug-induced lupus typically go away within six months, and it does not lead to systemic lupus.
  • Neonatal lupus. This type of lupus diagnosis is also very rare. It occurs when a mother with certain kinds of lupus antibodies transfers them to her child at the time of birth. The mother may have these antibodies without having lupus herself. In fact, only about 40 percent of mothers of babies with neonatal lupus have lupus. Symptoms in the child can include a rash, anemia, and, very infrequently, heart problems. Heart problems may require the use of a pacemaker, but most children with neonatal lupus go on to lead normal lives. In the vast majority of cases, neonatal lupus does not need to be treated and disappears within a few weeks. Most mothers with lupus do not have babies with neonatal lupus.
  • Childhood lupus. Systemic lupus can also occur in children. Although many of the symptoms are the same as in adult lupus, childhood lupus is more common in boys and is more likely to affect the kidneys. Childhood lupus may require more aggressive treatment than adult lupus.

 

 

 

 

 
The term invisible disabilities refers to symptoms such as debilitating pain, fatigue, dizziness, cognitive dysfunctions, brain injuries, learning differences and mental health disorders, as well as hearing and vision impairments.

List of Some Invisible Diseases

  • Allergies and Food In-tolerances

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis

  • Cancer

  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain

  • Depression and Mental Illness

  • Diabetes and other Blood Sugar Issues

  • Digestive Disorders (such as; IBS, colitis, Celiac, etc.)

  • Headaches, Migraines, etc.

  • Heart Conditions

  • Infertility

  • Lupus

  • Lyme Disease

  • Multiple Sclerosis

  • Neurological Diseases

  • Sjogren’s Syndrome

autoimmune disease definition.
 
A disease in which the body produces antibodies that attack its own tissues, leading to the deterioration and in some cases to the destruction of such tissue.

  • Autoimmune hepatitis

  • Autoimmune hyperlipidemia

  • Autoimmune immunodeficiency

  • Autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED)

  • Autoimmune myocarditis

  • Autoimmune oophoritis

  • Autoimmune pancreatitis

  • Autoimmune retinopathy

  • Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (ATP)

  • Autoimmune thyroid disease

  • Autoimmune urticaria

  • Axonal & neuronal neuropathies

  • Balo disease

  • Behcet’s disease

  • Bullous pemphigoid

  • Cardiomyopathy

  • Castleman disease

  • Celiac disease

  • Chagas disease

  • Chronic fatigue syndrome**

  • Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)

  • Chronic recurrent multifocal ostomyelitis (CRMO)

  • Churg-Strauss syndrome

  • Cicatricial pemphigoid/benign mucosal pemphigoid

  • Crohn’s disease

  • Cogans syndrome

  • Cold agglutinin disease

  • Congenital heart block

  • Coxsackie myocarditis

  • CREST disease

  • Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia

  • Demyelinating neuropathies

  • Dermatitis herpetiformis

  • Dermatomyositis

  • Devic’s disease (neuromyelitis optica)

  • Discoid lupus

  • Dressler’s syndrome

  • Endometriosis

  • Eosinophilic esophagitis

  • Eosinophilic fasciitis

  • Erythema nodosum

  • Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis

  • Evans syndrome

  • Fibromyalgia**

  • Fibrosing alveolitis

  • Giant cell arteritis (temporal arteritis)

  • Giant cell myocarditis

  • Glomerulonephritis

  • Goodpasture’s syndrome

  • Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA) (formerly called Wegener’s Granulomatosis)

  • Graves’ disease

  • Guillain-Barre syndrome

  • Hashimoto’s encephalitis

  • Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

  • Hemolytic anemia

  • Henoch-Schonlein purpura

  • Herpes gestationis

  • Hypogammaglobulinemia

  • Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)

  • IgA nephropathy

  • IgG4-related sclerosing disease

  • Immunoregulatory lipoproteins

  • Inclusion body myositis

  • Interstitial cystitis

  • Juvenile arthritis

  • ITP ( EVANS SYNDROME)

  • Juvenile diabetes (Type 1 diabetes)

  • Juvenile myositis

  • Kawasaki syndrome

  • Lambert-Eaton syndrome

  • Leukocytoclastic vasculitis

  • Lichen planus

  • Lichen sclerosus

  • Ligneous conjunctivitis

  • LOU GEHRIGS DISEASE

  • Linear IgA disease (LAD)

  • Lupus (SLE)

  • Lyme disease, chronic

  • Meniere’s disease

  • Microscopic polyangiitis

  • Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)

  • Mooren’s ulcer

  • Mucha-Habermann disease

  • Multiple sclerosis

  • Myasthenia gravis

  • MENTAL DISORDERS/ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION

  • MS

  • Myositis

  • Narcolepsy

  • Neuromyelitis optica (Devic’s)

  • Neutropenia

  • Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid

  • Optic neuritis

  • Palindromic rheumatism

  • PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcus)

  • Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration

  • Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)

  • Parry Romberg syndrome

  • Parsonnage-Turner syndrome

  • Pars planitis (peripheral uveitis)

  • Pemphigus

  • Peripheral neuropathy

  • Perivenous encephalomyelitis

  • Pernicious anemia

  • POEMS syndrome

  • Polyarteritis nodosa

  • PTSD

  • Type I, II, & III autoimmune polyglandular syndromes

  • Polymyalgia rheumatica

  • Polymyositis

  • Postmyocardial infarction syndrome

  • Postpericardiotomy syndrome

  • Progesterone dermatitis

  • Primary biliary cirrhosis

  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis

  • Psoriasis

  • Psoriatic arthritis

  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

  • Pyoderma gangrenosum

  • Pure red cell aplasia

  • Raynauds phenomenon

  • Reactive Arthritis

  • Reflex sympathetic dystrophy

  • Reiter’s syndrome

  • Relapsing polychondritis

  • Restless legs syndrome

  • Retroperitoneal fibrosis

  • Rheumatic fever

  • Rheumatoid arthritis

  • Sarcoidosis

  • Schmidt syndrome

  • Scleritis

  • Scleroderma

  • Sjogren’s syndrome

  • SICKLE CELL

  • Sperm & testicular autoimmunity

  • Stiff person syndrome

  • Subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE)

  • Susac’s syndrome

  • Sympathetic ophthalmia

  • Takayasu’s arteritis

  • Temporal arteritis/Giant cell arteritis

  • Thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)

  • Tolosa-Hunt syndrome

  • Transverse myelitis

  • Type 1 diabetes

  • Ulcerative colitis

  • Undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD)

  • Uveitis

  • Vasculitis

  • Vesiculobullous dermatosis

  • Vitiligo

  • Wegener’s granulomatosis (now termed Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)

**NOTE:   Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue are listed, not because they are autoimmune, but because many persons who suffer from them have associated autoimmune disease(s)

American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association

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Eastpointe, MI 48021-2227

www.aarda.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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