Systemic lupus erythematosus

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease involving multiple systems, multiple organs, and multiple autoantibodies. Tissue damage is caused by a large number of pathogenic autoantibodies and immune complexes in the body. Clinical manifestations of damage to various systems and organs can occur clinically, such as skin, joints, serosa, heart, kidney, central nervous system, blood system, and so on. The disease occurs throughout the world, with a prevalence of 4 / 100,000 to 25 / 100,000, with a higher prevalence in Asia and blacks, and a prevalence of 70 / 100,000 to 75 / 100,000 in China. The incidence of women is significantly more than that of men, about 10: 1. Women of childbearing age have the highest incidence, and the elderly and children can also get sick. The disease belongs to the categories of yin and yang poisoning, yang poisoning hair spots, butterfly spots, sun sores, grimace sores, and facial wind.

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