Causes of Lupus Disease

Lupus is a chronic disease / chronic, is an immune disease or a disease called "autoimmune" means immunity / protection (immune) to the body's own tissues (auto). In normal humans, the immune system will make antibodies that serve to protect the body from various kinds of viruses, germs, or bacteria and objects? Other foreign objects. Objects? Foreign body are called antigens. In autoimmune diseases like lupus, the immune system lose the ability to see the difference between foreign substances by the body's own cells and tissues. In the production of antibodies Lupus is too excessive. Unfortunately this is not so excessive antibodies "attack" on the "germs or enemy" but rather "attack" immune system cells and tissues of the body itself. Such antibodies are called "auto-antibodies" reacting with antigens "alone" to form immune complexes. Immune complexes are present in the tissues can cause inflammation, injury to the network pain. Immune system does not know where your friends where your opponent.

Lupus said to be "great imitator" (a brilliant impersonator) / "mimicry" (resembling other diseases), rather than one type of disease, very heterogeneous. Lupus symptoms can occur from mild to severe. Symptoms in most Odapus quite mild. While for others, lupus can be a serious problem and can be fatal even threaten its survival.

Causes of Lupus Disease

Lupus causes of this disease is still not known with certainty "what caused" it. But certainly the common symptoms of lupus disease is varied, ranging from mild symptoms (only on the skin and joints) to the serious symptoms that can threaten human life if the lupus attacking vital organs. Therefore get to know since early if you feel the presence of complaints of symptoms common to lupus.

Keep in mind that lupus is "No" infectious disease, not AIDS, not a venereal disease and not cancer. Lupus is a disease of abnormal antibodies.

In lupus:
The immune system (antibodies him) actually attacking itself and becomes destructive, giving rise to symptoms of Lupus. In other words, the disease known as Lupus is an autoimmune = immune system does not know where the friend or foe. (Excess antibody)
Not the kind of viral diseases, germs or bacteria.
Factors causing disease symptoms until now not known with certainty.
More women than men.
Mostly found in women of childbearing age.
In the event of infection, still treatable.
Not the kind of infectious disease.