A Summary of Blood Disorders and Its Relationship to Lupus
Lupus is a chronic inflammatory condition that impacts the individual's blood, kidneys, joints and skin.
More than 90% of those affected are women.
Medical science currently has no cure for lupus, although it can be managed.
There are alternatives to a strictly medical/pharmaceutical approach for the treatment of lupus, which this article will briefly summarize.
The immune system is supposed to produce antibodies that ward off foreign invaders such as bacteria and viruses, and protect against foreign substances..
The name for these foreign substances are antigens.
In lupus, the immune system makes antibodies against itself, because it does not know how to distinguish between a foreign substance, and its own tissues and cells.
Consequently, what happens is that the immune system makes auto-antibodies that cause pain, inflammation, and damage to the affected areas.
Lupus' most noticeable feature is inflammation.
For most people, lupus is a mild disease affecting only a few organs; for others, it may cause serious and even life-threatening problems.
Typically, if a blood disorder is suspected in a patient with lupus, conducting a blood test is the simplest way to determine any abnormalities.
Approximately 16,000 Americans develop lupus each year, the vast majority of cases occurring in non-Caucasian communities.
Medical science targets and treats the organs affected by lupus with medication and surgery.
So if the heart has been affected, a heart specialist will be called in, if the lungs are affected, a lung specialist, and so on.
Some alternative medical practitioners suggest that treatment for lupus involves the avoidance of offending food allergens and rotation of non-allergenic foods, autoimmune urine therapy, chelation with total nutrition for 15-25 infusions, essential fatty acids (salmon oil and flaxseed oil) at 5 grams 3 times per day, selenium at 500-1000 mcg per day, Beta-Carotene at 500 mg per day, the avoidance of beef, dairy and alfalfa, and the consumption of plant derived trace minerals or a trace-mineral nutraceutical.
More than 90% of those affected are women.
Medical science currently has no cure for lupus, although it can be managed.
There are alternatives to a strictly medical/pharmaceutical approach for the treatment of lupus, which this article will briefly summarize.
The immune system is supposed to produce antibodies that ward off foreign invaders such as bacteria and viruses, and protect against foreign substances..
The name for these foreign substances are antigens.
In lupus, the immune system makes antibodies against itself, because it does not know how to distinguish between a foreign substance, and its own tissues and cells.
Consequently, what happens is that the immune system makes auto-antibodies that cause pain, inflammation, and damage to the affected areas.
Lupus' most noticeable feature is inflammation.
For most people, lupus is a mild disease affecting only a few organs; for others, it may cause serious and even life-threatening problems.
Typically, if a blood disorder is suspected in a patient with lupus, conducting a blood test is the simplest way to determine any abnormalities.
Approximately 16,000 Americans develop lupus each year, the vast majority of cases occurring in non-Caucasian communities.
Medical science targets and treats the organs affected by lupus with medication and surgery.
So if the heart has been affected, a heart specialist will be called in, if the lungs are affected, a lung specialist, and so on.
Some alternative medical practitioners suggest that treatment for lupus involves the avoidance of offending food allergens and rotation of non-allergenic foods, autoimmune urine therapy, chelation with total nutrition for 15-25 infusions, essential fatty acids (salmon oil and flaxseed oil) at 5 grams 3 times per day, selenium at 500-1000 mcg per day, Beta-Carotene at 500 mg per day, the avoidance of beef, dairy and alfalfa, and the consumption of plant derived trace minerals or a trace-mineral nutraceutical.
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