CureMyWife.com - A support network for women with chronic illness and pain » systemic lupus erythematosus http://www.curemywife.com/blog Learn about lupus, coccyydynia, fibromyalgia, arthritis, depression, mixed connective tissue disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain, coccygectomy, atrial fibrillation, autoimmune disorders, migraine headaches Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:56:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Causes of lupus – systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2009/11/23/causes-of-lupus/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2009/11/23/causes-of-lupus/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:45:42 +0000 admin http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=89

Genes

No gene or group of genes has been proven to cause lupus. Lupus does, however, appear in certain families, and when one of two identical twins has lupus, there is an increased chance that the other twin will also develop the disease. These findings, as well as others, strongly suggest that genes [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2009/11/23/causes-of-lupus/feed/ 1 What is mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)? http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2009/11/20/what-is-mixed-connective-tissue-disease-mctd/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2009/11/20/what-is-mixed-connective-tissue-disease-mctd/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:48:49 +0000 admin http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=78 Mixed connective tissue disease, as first described in 1972, is “classically” considered as an “overlap” of three diseases, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, and polymyositis. Patients with this pattern illness have features of each of these three diseases. They also typically have very high quantities of antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) and antibodies to ribonucleoprotein (anti-RNP) [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2009/11/20/what-is-mixed-connective-tissue-disease-mctd/feed/ 0