LUPUS EEYTHEMATOSUS.

The article presents information on systemic lupus erythematosus. The disease may exhibit a predilection for damaging certain tissues or organs of an individual, the lesions of these tissues may undergo repair, later, other tissues or organs may be involved. According to authors, in some cases the disease may manifest itself very early in life and may cover a whole life's span never threatening life, or perhaps not doing so until it ends in the myocarditis or nephritis of old age. The factors responsible for triggering or exacerbating some episodes are exposure to sunlight, the exhibition of many drugs and antibiotics, and the injection of sera, acute mental stress, pregnancy, the menopause and surgical procedures.