Pregnancy and systemic Lupus erythematosus

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that affects many human organs and systems. In patients with SLE a large number of antibodies to the antigens of their own cells is formed. It leads to an immunocomplex inflammatory process, which affects heart, skin, kidneys, lungs, joints, and the nervous system. SLE contributes to the failure of a fundamental characteristic of the immune system, namely tolerance to autoantigens. As a result, antibodies that attack normal tissues in many parts of the body are produced. This process is accompanied by autoimmune disease development. Patients with SLE demonstrate such clinical manifestations as multiple thrombosis, including pulmonary embolism (PE), CNS diseases, livedo reticularis, labile hypertension, habitual miscarriage. SLE affects people of all races, men and women, but it dominates in women and often develops in females of reproductive age. SLE prevalence among women of reproductive age is 1:500. Nearly 90 % of patients diagnosed with lupus are women...