Lupus

Lupus is a chronic disease with a variety of symptoms caused by inflammation in one or more parts of the body. It is estimated that it affects more than 50,000 Canadians and 1.5 million Americans. Lupus is not contagious and is not related to AIDS or cancer. It belongs in the family of diseases that includes rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, juvenile diabetes, and scleroderma.

Studies and Reviews

• Occasional Review: Use of hyperbaric oxygen in rheumatic diseases: case report and critical analysis
• Refractory vasculitic ulcer of the toe in an adolescent suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus treated successfully with hyperbaric oxygen therapy
• A case of refractory vasculitic ulcers in a systemic lupus erythematosus patient responding to rituximab and hyperbaric oxygen therapy
• Reactive oxygen species at the crossroads of inflammasome and inflammation
• Inflammasomes: far beyond inflammation