Free meeting in Petrolina will address skin care for people with lupus

Cid Carvalho Library, in Petrolina Jonas Santos / Ascom PMP The Association of Friends and People with Lupus of Vale do São Francisco promotes, on August 27th, a free meeting aimed at information and welcoming. The event will be held from 6pm, at the Cid Carvalho Municipal Library, in Petrolina, in the Sertão of Pernambuco. ?: Download the g1 app to see news from Petrolina and the region in real time and for free. No need to register in advance. The meeting is open to people with lupus and their families, as well as health professionals and others interested in the area. The program will feature the participation of dermatologist Itamar Santos, who will address skin care that should be adopted by people with lupus. Further information can be obtained by calling (87) 988540699. What is Lupus? Rheumatologist talks about diagnosis and treatment of lupus Lupus is a chronic inflammatory disease, of autoimmune origin (when the immune system attacks the body itself). According to UERJ rheumatologist Evandro Mendes Klumb, lupus is a disease of imbalance. The set of environmental changes, with genetic and hormonal factors, unbalance the organism, which starts to present immunological changes. The main one is the unregulated production of antibodies that react with the body's own proteins and cause inflammation in various organs, such as the skin, mucous membranes, lungs, joints and kidneys.