The Many Faces of Lupus
About
Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that can cause inflammatory pains in any part of the body. This disease attacks healthy tissue and can affect the joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart, and lungs.
Systemic lupus erythematosus is the most common form of lupus where women are more likely to get it than men 10 to 1. It may occur at any age. However, it appears most often in young women between the ages of 15 and 44. Two- Thirds of people that have lupus will develop Cutaneous lupus which is a form of lupus that is limited to the skin. Drug induced lupus is a lupus-like disease caused by certain prescription drugs such as Hydralazine, procainamide, and isoniazid. This form is more common in men but however not everyone who takes these drugs will be affected. The rarest form is Neonatal. Although it is not an actually a lupus disease it affects infants of women who have lupus.
Types of Lupus
What is Lupus?
Pains in the muscles, sharp pain in the chest, fatigue, anemia, fever, or malaise, hair loss, red or scaly rashes, mouth ulcers or dryness, blood in urine, clinical depression, face rash, light sensitivity, swelling, water retention, and weight loss.
Symptoms of Lupus
In the United States alone, over 1.5 million Americans suffers from Lupus. The Many Faces of Lupus is here for those to receive the help and diagnosis they need.
Meet Ms. ToTonya Jackson.
ToTonya Jackson was diagnosed with lupus at the age of 18, although she was suspected to have it since she was 11. For 25 years she taught preschool, but the illness progressed with chronic pain, fatigue, attacking her body, ultimately the loss of mobility.
The 48-year-old is on a mission along with others to establish a Lupus foundation in the state for research and a cure. For eight years she and her two sons have collected money in Jackson to print fliers to inform the public about the illness.
She is now working with the Hinds Community College Utica Campus Radio/Television Broadcast Production Class to reach out to more people.
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