October is National Lupus Awareness Month
Lupus Awareness Month takes place during October in Australia every year. It is an important opportunity to raise awareness of the disease.
Building awareness of lupus is essential to improve early diagnosis and treatment of this unpredictable and misunderstood disease, and ensure that people with lupus are aware of the support and resources available to help them manage the disease.
Lupus is an autoimmune disease.
In a normal, healthy immune system the body recognises and destroys foreign objects like bacteria and viruses. With autoimmune diseases, however, the immune system starts to attack objects that are not foreign. Hence the term “auto” (self) “immune.”
With lupus, the immune system produces an excess of proteins called antibodies that attach themselves to various structures in the body. The accumulation of these antibodies in the tissues can cause inflammation, damage and pain.
To find out more or to donate, click on this link: https://lupusnsw.org.au/
