TRIBUNNEWS.COM — Lupus sufferers are usually confused with the disease they are suffering from at the first time, because the symptoms vary.
Therefore, this disease is often referred to as the disease of a thousand faces, because it has a variety of symptoms.
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a disease Autoimmune Inflamatory Rehumatic Disease (AIIRD), which occurs when the body’s immune system attacks the body’s own tissues and organs.
This disease will result in the loss of the immune system’s ability to detect differences between foreign substances and cells or tissues belonging to the body, which triggers severe inflammation or inflammation.
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Inflammation caused by lupus can affect many different body items, including: joint, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart, and lungs.
Some data on lupus are available, but national epidemiological data in Indonesia regarding this disease are not yet available.
Thus, the clinical manifestations of this disease are very diverse, such as the skin, joints, kidneys and other organ systems that make lupus known as the disease of a thousand faces.
Rheumatology Consultant Internal Medicine Specialist, Dr. Dr. Cesarius Singgih Wahono, said that lupus can affect anyone.
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“This can happen to anyone, but it is mostly found in women of childbearing age between 15 and 45 years,” said Cesarius in the IRA and Novartis webinar entitled The Long Impact of Covid-19 and How Much Covid-19 Vaccination Is Needed in Lupus Patients , Tuesday (14/12/2021).
This disease needs to be watched out for, because the diagnosis is not easy and often too late.
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