The Triggers

Lupus can be triggered:

• at puberty

• during the menopause

• after childbirth

• after viral infection
• through sunlight

• as a result of trauma

• after a prolonged course of some medications
One or more triggers can set off the illness in people who may have susceptibility to lupus.

Lupus is often triggered in people where there is family history of lupus and/or other immune system illnesses such as arthritis, MS and rheumatism.

Lupus worldwide is more prevalent than leukaemia, muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis. Afro-Caribbeans, Asians and Far Eastern races are more prone to having lupus.

Differing environmental factors may also contribute to the initiation of the illness in some patients.

Lupus is neither infectious nor contagious

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