The relation of Lupus toenvironment

Norymar Alvarado RodríguezMrs.Pomar

12-1February 9,2011

The cause of lupus is unknown, butit has been proven that there is a direct relationship between genes

and early enviromental exposure torisk factors increasing the chance of

the disease’s development.

Lupus is an autoimmune diseasethat can damage any part of your

body.

Lupus is the Latin world for “wolf” and it is common medical lore that the butterfly rash seen on the cheek of many lupus patients is

so similar to the facial markings of a wolf.

Types of Lupus:

• Systemic lupus erythematosus

• Cutaneous lupus erythematosus

• Drug-induced lupus

• Neonatal lupus

Cutaneous lupus erythematosus:

Drug-induced lupus:

Drugs connected with drug-induced lupus:

• Apresoline( used to treat high blood preassureor hyperthension)

• Procainamie(used to treat irregular heartrhythms)

• Nydrazid(used to treat tuberculosis)

Symptoms disappear within six months after thesemedications are stopped.

Drug-induced lupus:

Neonatal lupus:

Symptoms:

• Skin rash

• Liver problems

• Low blood cells counts

These symptoms may dissapear completely afterseveral months with no lasting effects.

Biopsy:

The goals of any treatment plan:

• Reduce inflamation.

• Suppress your overactive immune system.

• Prevent flares and treat them when theyoccur.

• Control symptoms like joint pain and fatigue.

• Minimize damage to organs.

Medications:

Some side

effects of steroids:

Antimalarials:

• Decreasing the antibodies production.

• Protecting against damaging effects of sunlight.

• Improving skin lesions.

Be sun smart:

•Use a sunblock with SPF greaterthan 30.•Use an appropiate clothing.•Schedule your outdoor activitiesto before 10 a.m and after 4 p.m.

My Sweet 15 <3

“ Sometimes we feel our flame of life

flickering and growing dim, then someone

acknowledges who we are and what we

can be and rekindles our life with hope

and love.

Life is a tapestry made of the threads of

peoples’liives , interwovwn like expensive

silks, each one precious in its own right”( 1996 Brenda Sewell)