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What might be happening
in someone who has lupus ...
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#1 Possibility:
- B-Cell produces too many antibodies
- T-Helper Cell sends too many signals
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#2 Possibility:
- B-Cell ignores signal from the T-Suppressor cell to stop making antibodies
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#3 Possibility:
- The line is scrambled so the 'stop' signal doesn't get through
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During a lupus flare ...
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Uncontrolled antibodies in the person with lupus attack the connective tissue of the body.
This results in:
- direct damage to cells in many systems of the body
- inflammatory reactions caused by immune complexes which the body is unable to eliminate
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