Recognizing the Symptoms of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and its Prevention

The incidence of non-communicable diseases increases every year. One of them, lupus.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), people with lupus in the world today reach five million people. Each year, found more than 100 thousand new cases.

Lupus itself is an autoimmune disease when a person's immune condition loses the ability to distinguish foreign substances from their own cells and tissues. According to the data, women are quite vulnerable to this disease.

Lupus is a disorder of the immune system that occurs in the body. This disease belongs to an autoimmune disease that causes the body's cells to become damaged and inflamed.

Simply put, lupus is a condition in which the body produces antibodies in excess. Under normal circumstances, antibodies function to protect the body from various foreign substances that can cause disease.

However, in people with lupus (Odapus) disease, the antibodies it attacks the cells of their own bodies. Thus, odapus easily infectious diseases and inflammation - due to healthy cells attacked by antibodies.

In order to suppress the highest prevalence of most common lupus diseases, Lupus Erythematosus Sismetics (LES), the Ministry of Health presents an early LES detection program entitled Check Lupus Himself.

Through the Check Lupus Himself program, identify the symptoms of LES below:

1. Fever over 38 degrees Celsius with no apparent cause
2. Excessive fatigue and weakness
3. Sensitive to sunlight
4. Hair loss is excessive
5. Reddish rash is a butterfly from the nose to the cheek
6. Reddish rash on the skin
7. Thrush that never healed
8. Pain and swelling joints especially the arms and legs
9. The tips of fingers and toes look pale
10. Chest pain especially when lying down and take a deep breath
11. Seizures or other neurological disorders
12. Abnormal results of laboratory examination

If you feel at least four of the above symptoms, then it is recommended to immediately consult a doctor.

However, if the patient has been diagnosed with LES, and hopes to maintain the quality of life as normal as life, then do the following:

• Avoid excessive physical activity
• Avoid smoking
• Avoid climate change as it affects the inflammatory process
• Avoid physical stress and trauma
• Special diet according to the organ affected by LES
• Avoid direct exposure to sunlight (at 10:00 to 15:00)
• Use closed clothing and sirir tabar at least SPF 30PA ++
• Avoid UV lamp exposure
• Avoid using contraceptives or drugs containing estrogen
• Control regularly to the doctor
• Drinking medicine regularly

LES itself has not been cured yet, but by following a much healthier lifestyle, prevention can reduce symptoms, prevent organ damage, and increase survival