| With auto immune diseases, the body's cells, which are | | | | that the medication must be permanently administered. |
| healthy, are attacked by the immune system's | | | | The early phases of SLE, in which the patients don't |
| antibodies. This is also the case of systemic lupus | | | | experience severe symptoms, determine the |
| erythematosus, a disease that also exposes the | | | | treatment to direct its power to the prevention of the |
| affected people to other severe health problems | | | | complications that come with this disease. In case of a |
| generated by the malfunction of the immune system. | | | | violent form of lupus, the treatment's attention turns to |
| Musculoskeletal disorders, like arthritis or osteoporosis; | | | | the blockage of the immune system's attacks on the |
| heart, liver, kidney and lung conditions; affections of the | | | | organism. |
| nervous system and those of the skin, such as lupus | | | | The usually prescribed treatments for systemic lupus |
| rash, are much more severe and dangerous for | | | | erythematosus are corticosteroids, antimalarials, |
| patients with lupus than for healthy people. | | | | NSAIDs and cytotoxic medicines. When the blockage |
| Systemic lupus erythematosus has a chameleonic | | | | of malign antibodies production is necessary, biologic |
| nature, and its gallery of possible symptoms is | | | | medications are used. Very frequently used are also |
| enormous and difficult to identify, because most of | | | | analgesics and sedatives. In the particularly severe |
| them are not specific. This is what makes this disease | | | | cases, the treatment for lupus may also involve |
| so hard to diagnose. The symptoms themselves | | | | powerful antibiotics. |
| generate possible errors of diagnosis and the correct | | | | Antimalarials are used in order to diminish the |
| one cannot be achieved only by means of the | | | | inflammations and the lesions on the skin generated by |
| patient's declarations. It takes more than that and the | | | | the disease and have good results for systemic lupus |
| response leads to the results of laboratory analyses. | | | | erythematosus as well as for discoid lupus |
| Once the diagnosis is confirmed, the adequate | | | | erythematosus. |
| treatment will be immediately prescribed, according to | | | | Corticosteroids are frequently used to control lupus by |
| the patient's particular case. | | | | controlling the activity of the immune system in order |
| It is necessary for the treatment to cover the | | | | to minimize the damages produced by its malfunction. |
| unpredictable nature of the disease. SLE is a | | | | They are extremely powerful drugs. |
| continuous alternation of relapsing and remission | | | | Cytotoxic medicines have strong effects and are only |
| periods, and the treatment's goal is to make the | | | | given in severe lupus commonly in association with |
| remission periods last for as long as possible. The next | | | | corticosteroids. They are used to block the formation |
| step is the improvement of the SLE's symptoms. This | | | | of the nocive antibodies. |
| disease doesn't go away but it may be prevented | | | | NSAIDs have as main goal to decrease the |
| from causing more damage to the person it affects | | | | inflammation and the rigidity of the articulations and to |
| and this can only be achieved with proper treatment. | | | | relieve the muscular pain. |
| The fact that lupus is a strongly chronic disorder implies | | | | |