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New Studies Showed Mixed-But-Promising Results for New Lupus Drug Anifrolumab
Lupus patients have been waiting a while for some good news. Only one drug, belimumab (Benlysta), has been FDA-approved for lupus in more than 50 years — and that happened back in 2011. Since then, scientists have been trying to develop additional therapeutic agents (and failing for various reasons). But research presented at the 2019 American College of Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Professionals (ACR/ARP) Annual Meeting in Atlanta suggests that a new lupus medication, anifrolumab, might have the potential to get approved and make its way to market. The manufacturer, AstraZeneca, is expected to file for FDA approval in 2020. It’s hardly a slam dunk: The company conducted two phase 3…
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Taking Hydroxychloroquine for RA or Lupus Can Reduce Heart Risk by 17%
The anti-malarial drug lowers cholesterol and blood sugar and makes blood less sticky, which is good for reducing blood clots and heart attack risk. If you take the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) as part of your treatment for lupus or rheumatoid arthritis (RA), you may be getting cardiovascular protection as an added bonus. That’s welcome news because it’s estimated that about half of lupus patients experience heart complications, and heart attacks occur at younger ages in lupus patients than in the general population. Even as young adults, black and Hispanic women with lupus often have plaque build-up in their arteries that hikes their risk of heart attack. And experts have…
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Could the Weather Affect Lupus Symptoms? New Study Suggests Warm, Humid Weather Does
As the temperature increased, so did the risk of rash, joint inflammation, kidney problems, and other lupus symptoms. Shifts in weather patterns have long been associated with a variety of health ailments, from seasonal allergies to migraine and joint pain. Now a new study suggests that changes in the outdoor environment may make people who have lupus more susceptible to flare-ups of specific symptoms. The study, presented at the presented at the 2019 American College of Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Professionals Annual Meeting in Atlanta, analyzed data on 1,628 patients with lupus who had checkups between 1999 and 2017 as well as environmental and atmospheric data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.…
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Fibromyalgia vs. Lupus: What’s the Difference?
Fibromyalgia and lupus are both chronic diseases with no cure, can both cause some similar symptoms, and can both take a long time to get the right diagnosis. But fibromyalgia — often called fibro — and lupus are two very distinct health conditions with very different causes and treatments, despite having some features in common. Lupus is an autoimmune disorder that involves widespread inflammation and impacts many organs throughout the body. Fibromyalgia a disorder that causes widespread chronic pain and tenderness. Unlike lupus, fibromyalgia is not an inflammatory or autoimmune disease. Still, many signs and symptoms of fibromyalgia and lupus overlap and it’s not uncommon for fibromyalgia to be misdiagnosed…
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Most Dangerous If You Are Facing Both Multiple Sclerosis or Lupus
By: Researcher Taymur Understanding MS and Lupus Multiple sclerosis (MS) and systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus) are both serious diseases resulting from a failure to function properly in the body’s immune system. In MS, myelin, the protective layer around your nerves is damaged by the body’s immune system. It interferes with your brain’s contact with the rest of your body. The effect is a variety of symptoms, for example: dizziness bowel and bladder problems weakness in the limbs numbness in the limbs vision problems fatigue Physicians are debating whether MS should be considered an autoimmune disorder. The MS material that would activate the immune response of the body (the antigen) has…
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10 Most Early Signs of Lupus
By: Researcher Taymur Understanding Lupus Lupus is an autoimmune disease that causes swelling and various symptoms. Lupus has a different impact on everyone. Many people only have a few mild symptoms, while others have a lot more severe. Symptoms usually start in early adulthood, from puberty to the 1930s. People with lupus usually develop symptoms and then remission periods. That is why it is convenient to ignore early symptoms. Since early symptoms are similar to those of other conditions, it does not always mean that you have lupus. Early symptoms may consist of: 1st Symptom is Fatigue Some 90% of lupus suffer from some degree of fatigue. Some people have…
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Everything You Need About How Lupus Destroy Your Life
By: Researcher Taymur Understanding Lupus Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes your entire body inflammation. Therefore an autoimmune disease means an infection and the destruction of your own cells is caused by the body’s own immune system. Because lupus inflammation can affect different organs and tissues, including your body: joints skin heart blood lung brain kidneys Understanding Lupus Symptoms Similarly lupus symptoms differ depending on the affected portion of the body. Because symptoms can suddenly go away. Therefore they may be permanent or sometimes flare up. So although not two lupus cases are the same, the most frequent signs and symptoms include: fever shortness of breath chronic dry…
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How Kim Kardashian Has Been Diagnosed by Lupus and RA?
By: Researcher Taymur Kim Kardashian said she had tested lupus and rheumatoid arthritis antibodies positive in a recent TV series. But this does not mean that both illnesses are specifically identified by Kardashian. A clear diagnosis of lupus or RA may take years. A recent “Keeping Up” episode confirmed that the lupus and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) Antibodies screened in Kim Kardashian West, highlight of which was autoimmune disease. Kardashian said in the show, “I feel so tired, so nauseous, so my hands are really swollen. “I think I’m falling apart literally. I’m numb with my feet. While Kardashian’s case has not been officially unveiled, she said that she has on…
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Have You Find a Relief from Lupus Anticoagulants?
By: Researcher Taymur Lupus anticoagulants (LAs) are a type of immune system antibody. So during an assault on body infection most antibodies, LAs attack healthy cells and cell proteins. However we strike the essential components of cell membranes of phospholipids. Because the inflammatory deficiency known as antiphospholipid syndrome is associated with LAs. Understanding Lupus Anticoagulants Symptoms Therefore the risk of blood clots can be increased by LAs. Because antibodies can be present, however, and cannot lead to a coagulation. If in one of your arms or legs you develop blood clot, the symptoms may include: because of having swelled in arm or leg therefore redness in arm or leg so…
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What’s the Link Between Lupus and Arthritis?
By: Researcher Taymur Understanding Lupus and Arthritis Lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus) is a common symptom of arthritis. The distinctive feature of rheumatoid arthritis is inflammatory arthritis. Lupus arthritis tends to be less damaging than rheumatoid arthritis. However, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus are genetically related, and one person can experience the characteristics of these two distinct diseases. It’s called comorbidity when a person has two different illnesses. One report Trusted Source notes that the comorbidity of lupus and rheumatoid arthritis might be genetically based. It can cause lupus and arthritis only by one gene in your body. Understanding Arthritis However the inflammation of the joints is arthritis by definition. So from…
