Autoimmune diseases arise from overactive immune response of the body against substances and tissues normally present in the body; the body will attack itself.

Lupus is an, autoimmune disease that impacts your immune system; the body’s defense mechanism against foreign agents. Your immune system must distinguish between pathogens (e.g. bacterium and viruses) and normal cells and tissue. When the immune system mistakes some part of the body as a pathogen then it attacks that particular organ.

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), the most common form of Lupus, most often affects the heart, joints, skin, lungs, blood vessels, liver, kidneys and nervous system, but the course of the disease is unpredictable.