Daniel J. Wallace, MD is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA based at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. His many books include All About Fibromyalgia and All About Osteoarthritis (with Nancy Lane).

• ContentsPreface to the Sixth EditionPart I Introduction and Definitions1. Why Write a Book on Lupus?2. What Is Lupus?3. The History of Lupus4. Who Gets Lupus?Part II Inflammation and Immunity5. The Body's Protection Plan6. The Enemy Is Our CellsPart III What Causes Lupus?7. The Genetic Connection8. Environmental Villains9. Drugs That May Cause Lupus or Produce Flare-upsPart IV Where and How Can the Body Be Affected by Lupus?10. History, Symptoms, and Signs11. Must We Draw Blood?12. Reactions of the Skin: Rashes and Discoid Lupus13. Why the Aches? Arthritis, Muscles, and Bone14. Pants and Pulses: The Lungs and Heart15. Heady Connections: The Nervous System and Behavioral Changes16. The Head, Neck, and Sjögren's Syndrome17. What about Hormones?18. The Impact of Lupus on the GI Tract and Liver19. Lupus in the Kidney and Urinary Tract20. The Blood and Lymphatic Systems21. Why Do Blood Clots Develop?22. Lupus through the Ages: Lupus in Children and the Elderly23. Is It Really Lupus?Part V The Management of Lupus Erythematosus24. How to Treat Lupus with Physical Measures25. You Can Help Conquer Lupus26. Taming Inflammation: Anti-inflammatory Therapies27. Big Guns and Magic Bullets: Disease-Modifying Drugs28. Other Options: Treatments Occasionally Used to Manage Lupus29. Fighting Infections, Allergies, and Osteoporosis30. Can a Woman with Lupus Have a Baby? 31. Economic Impact of Lupus in the United States and Disability Issues32. What's the Prognosis?33. Clinical Trials, New Therapies for Lupus, and Future DirectionsGLOSSARYAPPENDIX: Lupus Resource MaterialsINDEX

Daniel J. Wallace, MD is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA based at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. His many books include All About Fibromyalgia and All About Osteoarthritis (with Nancy Lane).

• ContentsPreface to the Sixth EditionPart I Introduction and Definitions1. Why Write a Book on Lupus?2. What Is Lupus?3. The History of Lupus4. Who Gets Lupus?Part II Inflammation and Immunity5. The Body's Protection Plan6. The Enemy Is Our CellsPart III What Causes Lupus?7. The Genetic Connection8. Environmental Villains9. Drugs That May Cause Lupus or Produce Flare-upsPart IV Where and How Can the Body Be Affected by Lupus?10. History, Symptoms, and Signs11. Must We Draw Blood?12. Reactions of the Skin: Rashes and Discoid Lupus13. Why the Aches? Arthritis, Muscles, and Bone14. Pants and Pulses: The Lungs and Heart15. Heady Connections: The Nervous System and Behavioral Changes16. The Head, Neck, and Sjögren's Syndrome17. What about Hormones?18. The Impact of Lupus on the GI Tract and Liver19. Lupus in the Kidney and Urinary Tract20. The Blood and Lymphatic Systems21. Why Do Blood Clots Develop?22. Lupus through the Ages: Lupus in Children and the Elderly23. Is It Really Lupus?Part V The Management of Lupus Erythematosus24. How to Treat Lupus with Physical Measures25. You Can Help Conquer Lupus26. Taming Inflammation: Anti-inflammatory Therapies27. Big Guns and Magic Bullets: Disease-Modifying Drugs28. Other Options: Treatments Occasionally Used to Manage Lupus29. Fighting Infections, Allergies, and Osteoporosis30. Can a Woman with Lupus Have a Baby? 31. Economic Impact of Lupus in the United States and Disability Issues32. What's the Prognosis?33. Clinical Trials, New Therapies for Lupus, and Future DirectionsGLOSSARYAPPENDIX: Lupus Resource MaterialsINDEX

Daniel J. Wallace, MD is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA based at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. His many books include All About Fibromyalgia and All About Osteoarthritis (with Nancy Lane).

• ContentsPreface to the Sixth EditionPart I Introduction and Definitions1. Why Write a Book on Lupus?2. What Is Lupus?3. The History of Lupus4. Who Gets Lupus?Part II Inflammation and Immunity5. The Body's Protection Plan6. The Enemy Is Our CellsPart III What Causes Lupus?7. The Genetic Connection8. Environmental Villains9. Drugs That May Cause Lupus or Produce Flare-upsPart IV Where and How Can the Body Be Affected by Lupus?10. History, Symptoms, and Signs11. Must We Draw Blood?12. Reactions of the Skin: Rashes and Discoid Lupus13. Why the Aches? Arthritis, Muscles, and Bone14. Pants and Pulses: The Lungs and Heart15. Heady Connections: The Nervous System and Behavioral Changes16. The Head, Neck, and Sjögren's Syndrome17. What about Hormones?18. The Impact of Lupus on the GI Tract and Liver19. Lupus in the Kidney and Urinary Tract20. The Blood and Lymphatic Systems21. Why Do Blood Clots Develop?22. Lupus through the Ages: Lupus in Children and the Elderly23. Is It Really Lupus?Part V The Management of Lupus Erythematosus24. How to Treat Lupus with Physical Measures25. You Can Help Conquer Lupus26. Taming Inflammation: Anti-inflammatory Therapies27. Big Guns and Magic Bullets: Disease-Modifying Drugs28. Other Options: Treatments Occasionally Used to Manage Lupus29. Fighting Infections, Allergies, and Osteoporosis30. Can a Woman with Lupus Have a Baby? 31. Economic Impact of Lupus in the United States and Disability Issues32. What's the Prognosis?33. Clinical Trials, New Therapies for Lupus, and Future DirectionsGLOSSARYAPPENDIX: Lupus Resource MaterialsINDEX