Showing posts with label Lupus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lupus. Show all posts

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Lupus, Is it Hereditary Disease?

Lupus is a disorder of human body's immune system where tissues in the body is considered as foreign object. Antibodies in the body grow excessively and attack healthy body tissue. The cause of Lupus could be the expected sensitivity of immune system, as well as factors that trigger sensitivity, such as infections, use of birth control pills, sun, etc.


Lupus affects mostly women of childbearing age, even though there men who suffering from this disease. In some cases, there are children who suffer from Lupus like their parents. However, genetic factors as the cause of Lupus just play role only 5-6%.
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