SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) PHINMA-UPANG

Prof: Leonardo R. Sanchez IV, RN, MAN, LPT CHS Batch 2024
Adapted from: PowerPoint/Lecture NUR 155 (MS LEC)
Transcribed by: Julia Rae Delos Santos (3BSN-12) October 4, 2022

Systemic Lupus
Its chronic unpredictable course is marked by altering
periods of exacerbation and remission.
Etiolog
Erythematosus y
Etiology is unknown.
Most probable causes:
֎ Chronic multisystem inflammatory autoimmune
disease  Genetic
֎ Associated with abnormalities of immune  Hormones
system  Environmental factors
֎ Results from interactions among genetic,  Certain medications
hormonal, environmental, and immunologic
factors.
֎ The word lupus (from the Latin word for wolf)
is attributed to the thirteenth century physician
Rogerius, who used to describe erosive facial
lesions that were reminiscent of a wolf’s bite.

SLE affects

the following:

 Skin
 Joints
 Serous membranes
 Renal system
 Hematologic system
 Neurologic system

Facts about SLE

SLE affects 2 to 8 persons per 100,000 in United States
Most cases occur in women of child-bearing years
African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans 3 times
more likely to develop than whites.
Women are 10 times more likely to develop SLE than
men.
SLE is characterized by variability within and among
persons