Lupus is an autoimmune disease that tragically took the life from whom we know as Jay Dee, J Dilla, but to his family James Dewitt Yancey. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) often affects the heart, joint, skin, lungs, blood vessels, liver, kidneys and nervous system. As other autoimmune disease it your own immune system will attack your bodies cells and tissues. Though SLE is treatable for its symptoms there still remains no cure. One of the big problems with Lupus is that there isn't a test one can take to see if they have it regardless of its symptoms. Unfortunately, many of the signs of lupus are also associated with other diseases and so misdiagnosis has been a big issue. Lupus has the ability to come and go, appear and reappear. Its symptoms may seem as if they are going into remission but then will return again. Because this disease is so complicated and involves a number of factors far beyond any field of expertise I can account for, this link should hopefully help break the legistics down of the disease from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease. Dilla is also sponsored in the Lupus Foundation for America "Walk for Lupus Now", a premier walking event to raise money in order to try and bring an end to this disease. There is a listing on the site to see when and where the walk comes to your state.
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