What is lupus?
Lupus disease is a chronic inflammatory disease. This inflammation of the joints, kidneys, skin, nervous system, lungs and other organs. The most common symptoms are skin blemishes, arthritis (rheumatoid arthritis), often accompanied by fever and body weakness. Course lupus disease vary from mild to severe and alternating intermittent relapses better. Lupus primarily affects women, especially in childbearing age (women 10 times more often than men).
Now I do not find the cause of lupus. However, there are some risk factors are genetic (hereditary) and environmental causes lupus. Environmental factors are believed to be the cause are drugs, toxins, food and sunlight.
For women with lupus, the disease does not affect fertility, but if it is a medicine containing cyclophosphamide, can cause the risk of infertility. Compared with women in general, people with lupus have a slightly higher risk of miscarriage and fetal death in utero. However, most patients can safely have children. Pregnancy Planning should be regulated. Pregnancy is established at the time of lower activity lupus. Pregnancy in lupus can be carried out safely without justice should be disqualified unless severe lupus and blood system, kidney or central nervous system. There are currently pregnant lupus drug to be avoided, such as cyclophosphamide, cyclosporine and mycophenolate mofetil. Indeed, there terjaid increased risk of disease activity of lupus in early pregnancy and childbirth, but can usually be controlled with medication that is safe for the fetus in the womb. It is therefore important that you periodically obstetricians and ‘lupus’ doctors.
