How long can you live with lupus

Systemic lupus is a common disease, and it is extremely harmful to the human body. There are many methods to treat systemic lupus at present, but if you want to recover as soon as possible during treatment, you need to maintain an optimistic attitude, actively cooperate with the doctor, and choose a treatment method that suits you. Systemic lupus needs to be classified during treatment. After suffering from lupus, the most concerned issue is how long you can live with lupus.

How long can you live with lupus?

Systemic lupus erythematosus is an uncommon rheumatic autoimmune disease. As the disease progresses, other organs of the patient are likely to be affected. The vast majority of early patients can achieve clinical cure after receiving active and regular treatment. A very small number of patients fail to achieve clinical cure due to rapid progression of the disease and involvement of internal organs. But once the disease is under control, normal life is no longer a problem.

What are the dangers of lupus erythematosus

Systemic lupus erythematosus is a very serious disease that can affect all organs and tissues throughout the body. The heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys may all be affected. Pulmonary hypertension, kidney disease, pericardial effusion, pleural effusion, and pulmonary interstitial fibrosis are the most common. Some complications are irreversible. Even if lupus can be controlled, these irreversible complications cannot be recovered, but their further development can be prevented.

1. Symptoms are often newly appeared, clear-cut, edematous, pale red spots with a smooth, flat surface, distributed on the cheekbones and bridge of the nose, and look like rouge. However, the incidence of skin lesions in lupus erythematosus is about 80%, and not every patient will develop malar butterfly rash.

2. In addition to various rashes on the surface, patients also suffer from diffuse hair loss. Generally, hair will regenerate after treatment, but scars will form after a long period of damage, and hair is often difficult to regenerate. For some patients, the tips of their fingers and toes turn white and purple when cooled, and then turn red when heated, and the condition recurs repeatedly.

3. There may be flaky erythema on the face, neck, palms, soles, and fingertips, sometimes appearing as maculopapular rashes, with local scaling. The lesions may also appear as discoid erythema with a depressed center, hyperpigmentation or hypopigmentation, and slightly raised edges. Hyperkeratotic erythema may present with follicular damage and atrophy.

Usually after treatment, no scars are left on the affected area. A small number of patients may have necrosis of fat tissue in the limbs or buttocks, which is called fat membrane inflammation, accompanied by calcification, which feels like lumps of varying sizes. Some patients also have local superficial fat tissue necrosis and ulcers on their skin.

Systemic lupus erythematosus is a disease that damages multiple systems and organs of the body. If it is not treated in time or is treated improperly, it may endanger the patient's life. Therefore, timely and scientific treatment of lupus erythematosus is the most critical.