Making gains against lupus kidney disease Brian Kaplan was a 14-year-old high school freshman when he was diagnosed with lupus kidney disease. His aunt had died from lupus years before, so the diagnosis felt decidedly grave. Kaplan was prescribed a course of cyclophosphamide, a chemotherapy drug developed for treating various types of cancer that is used …
Lupus is referred to in lots of ways. It’s “a woman’s disease”. It’s “a family disease”. These references, although somewhat true, point to one important factor about lupus. The disease seems to have a hereditary component. With more questions than answers, medical experts are betting on genetics to help with diagnosis and treatment. “I believe that …
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My name is Adeline and i’m 34 years old. I want to share with you , my emotions, my hopes, my daily life since i have a Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Many people are asking themselves : oh well, I’ve never heard of this disease! In latin, Lupus translate into the Wolf. Indeed, too few people know, personnaly, i have the …
The term Lupus means “wolf” in Latin (in German “wolf”). In consulting medical writing of the ancients is noted that this term used to characterize various affection of skin that the lesion are reminiscent of wolf bite. It appears for the first time in medical literature in 916 AD about the illness of the Bishop of Liege, Eraclius, Lupus, which he …
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