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Show V J WEEKLY REFLEX-DA- VIS BRANDON CASSEL HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, MARCH 18, 1982 ZJANA MARIE HERRING KARLEY JA WILLIAMS What is Lupus? Thats the question I asked, while lying in a hospital bed , a year and a half ago. I had just been given the the good news and news the bad news, as one doctor had put it. 1 did not have leukemia but I did have lupus. tious, contagious, MY ORIGINAL diagnosis, three months earlier, had been rheumatoid arthritis. A natural mistake, since I had been suffering with pain and swelling in all my joints. My blood test indicated positive L.E. cells and several family members suffer from arthritis. It wasnt until I had to undergo an emergency D&C for hemorrhaging, and a platelet count and other tests were taken, that I emerged with a new diagnosis. Systemic lupus erythematosus. The drug, predinisone, saved my agnosed, especially since CURTIS ROBERTS Three area youngsters have reached that one year milestone this week including: Zjana Marie Herring, daughter of Susan Herring of 133 Barrington Way in Layton, who celebrated Sunday; Karley Ja Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Layne Williams of 2412 E. Oak Hills Drive, whose birthday was Monday and Brandon Cassell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Duke Cassel of 260 Hawthorne in Layton, who reached her first birthday mark Wednesday. Curtis Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee W. Roberts of 358 W. 100 S. in Kayville celebrated his birthday Jan. 29. THE DISEASE is definately biased since nine out of ten SLE patients are women, half developing the symptoms between ages 15 and 25. Lupus often goes undimany patients tend to look deceivingly well. However, with newer tests involving antinuclear antibodies which are usually positive in systemic LE, doctors are discovering even more patients with milder cases. THE SYSTEMIC" form of LE can involve joints and skin, kidney and blood, heart and lungs. A patient may have to symptoms with different intensities at different times. A large number of lupus sufferers have few symptoms and are able to live a reasonably normal life. The "discoid form of LE has a particular type of skin rash, often on the face and manifests itself in the form of the "wolf mark, so named for the appearance of the rash. Indeed, lupus literally translated from Latin is wolf," SomeIs redness. times the mark is referred to as the butterfly mask. THE CAUSE of lupus is un far more common than rheumatic fever, leukemia, systic fibrosis, muscular dys- Solves Everything trophy, multiple sclerosis, n hemophilia, and other diseases. The total number of patients with lupus is unknown. However, current estimates place this number well in excess of 500,000 with 50,000 new cases and 5000 deaths annually attributed to Mary loved John, but she worried about the way he squandered money when they went out together. Finally she consulted her mother. How, she asked, can I stop John from spending so much money on me?" Said her mother with a sign: Marry him. well-know- erythe-matos- the disease. Lupus is not infec speakers and receive te information on the disease. Patients, family members and interested parties are invited to join. The Wasatch Front Chapter is sponsoring a benefit concert by the Salt Lake Symphony March 27 at 4 p.m. in the Unitarian Church Chapel. 569 S. 1300 E.. Salt Lake City. Proceeds will go toward further research into the enigma of this debilitating disease. The public is encouraged to lend its support by attending this most enjoyable afternoon of music. FOR FURTHER information concerning TALS chapters in this area please phone Dawn Ballantyne at been formed through The American Lupus Society deal with several different I was to learn later that while have never heard of SLE it is (TALS). The chapters in this area meet once a month tj hear known, although in SLE it is believed that several factors may be involved, such as certain medicines, excessive sun exposure, and infections. It is believed by some scientists that a patient develops antibodies against their own tissues. This type of allergy is called auto (self) immunity. There is no known cure for lupus. The patient with SLE may have periods of severe illness with extreme symptoms, intermingled with periods of no illness and complete freedom from symptoms. Flareups may be precipitated by such things as unusual stress, respiratory infections, or excessive physical exertion. SUPPORT GROUPS have cancerous or malignant. life. 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