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What is SLE? When is it triggered? What's the main problem with SLE?
Intense inflammation
TIII hypersensitivity
Formation of immune responses in resonse to DNA, histones, ribosomes. This often happens after viral infection
Glomerulonephritis is a big problem because of kidney damage from the immune complexes
90% have arthritis.
Butterfly shaped skin rash
10:1 female to male
1:700 in women
1:250 among women of African or Asian descent.
TIII hypersensitivity
Formation of immune responses in resonse to DNA, histones, ribosomes. This often happens after viral infection
Glomerulonephritis is a big problem because of kidney damage from the immune complexes
90% have arthritis.
Butterfly shaped skin rash
10:1 female to male
1:700 in women
1:250 among women of African or Asian descent.
