Can you have SLE and lupus nephritis?
When systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) affects the kidneys it is called lupus nephritis. Lupus is an “autoimmune” disease, meaning your immune system (your body’s defense system), which usually protects the body from disease, turns against the body. This causes harm to organs and tissues, like your kidneys.
What are the 2 different types of lupus?
There are two kinds of lupus:
- Discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE)
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
Is SLE lupus fatal?
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem, autoimmune disease with varied clinical manifestations and outcome. It may prove fatal due to disease activity or intercurrent infections.
What is the life expectancy of lupus nephritis?
With careful treatment, 80 to 90 percent of people with lupus can expect to live a normal lifespan. Because lupus was not well understood in the past, those who had lupus died younger, usually of problems with vital organs.
What is the prognosis for lupus nephritis?
There’s no cure for lupus nephritis. Treatment goals aim to: Induce remission of the active disease. Keep the disease from getting worse. Reduce symptoms or make symptoms disappear (remission) Avoid the need for dialysis or a kidney transplant. Maintain remission.
What is damaging the kidney in lupus nephritis?
Autoimmune diseases cause your immune system to attack your own healthy cells. When your immune system attacks your kidneys, they get damaged. The damage can be very serious. The most severe kind of lupus nephritis is proliferative (pro-LIFF-ruh-tiv) nephritis, which causes scars on the kidneys.
What are the different types of lupus nephritis treatment?
plasmapheresis,