What is lupus erythematosus?

  Since the skin is the most common organ involved in lupus erythematosus, it is named after the skin disease, but in fact, the disease is a multi-system and multi-organ involvement disease. A typical autoimmune disease. The first domestic case of SLE was diagnosed in 1957 at Guangci Hospital, the predecessor of Ruijin Hospital, and due to the lack of understanding of the disease, more than half of the patients had a survival period of less than five years, so it was called an “incurable disease”. In fact, most SLE can be ideally controlled with proper treatment methods, individualized treatment, and no aggressive and negative treatment.  Patients with lupus erythematosus should pay attention to the following in their daily life and treatment: 1. Understand that the disease is a long-term process, and believe that with the development of medical science, the disease will be better controlled.  2, glucocorticoids are still the drug of choice for the treatment of the disease and are inexpensive. Do not fear its side effects or depend on it as a must, fear relapse and rebound, take it reasonably under the guidance of doctors and do not increase, decrease or stop the drug without authorization. Although the drug needs to be taken continuously for many years, or even for life in some patients, it is not impossible to stop using it.  3, diet should be high protein, high vitamin, low salt, low fat diet, avoid or less hot food such as mutton, dog meat and foods that have the ability to improve the immune system such as mushrooms, mushrooms and other mushrooms and drugs such as “brain platinum”, etc., avoid photosensitive drugs and food (such as celery, light vegetables, etc.).  4, sunlight can trigger or aggravate the disease, you should wear a wide-brimmed hat or umbrella, wear long-sleeved tops and long pants when you go out.  5, regular life, to ensure adequate sleep, avoid strain, pay attention to the cold to keep warm.  6, can have sex; female patients can be pregnant during the stable period of the disease, preferably under the guidance of a physician with a planned pregnancy. Once the pregnancy should be informed to the treating physician as soon as possible to prevent recurrence of the disease.  7.Regular outpatient follow-up to evaluate the condition of each organ and adjust the treatment plan under the guidance of physicians.