Excerpt from What Black Women Should Know About LupusDid you know that lupus is a disease that occurs more frequently in young black women than in any other group? Lupus can be serious, but with early detection and good treatment, most people with lupus can lead a normal life.Considering these facts, it is important that Black Americans, particularly young, black women know about lupus, its symptoms, and its treatment.Lupus is a disease that can affect many parts of the body. In lupus, something goes wrong with the body's immune system, and this powerful protective system is no longer able to defend the body against illness. Instead, the immune system attacks healthy tissues.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.