Patient's question:
When suddenly, many butterfly-shaped patterns appeared on my skin again, and the patterns kept expanding. I went to the hospital for a check-up, and the doctor said it was lupus. I was told that this disease is very difficult to treat. Why did I get this disease? What caused it?Doctor's answer:
Okay, here is the translation following your instructions:I. Inheritance: SLE has a familial tendency. The incidence rate in close relatives of patients is as high as 5-12%. The incidence in monozygotic twins (69%) is significantly higher than in dizygotic twins (3%). The positive rate of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) is also higher in the families of patients compared to the general population.
II. Contagion: Using an electron microscope, "virus carriers" were observed within the endothelial cells in lupus nephritis. Similar carriers were also found within skin, vascular endothelial cells, and lymphocytes. In some SLE patients, antibody titers for measles virus, rubella virus, mumps virus, and EB virus are notably elevated.