The Lupus Book

Daniel J. Wallace, M.D. is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA based at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. His many books include All About Fibromyalgia and All About Osteoarthritis (with Nancy Lane).

PART I. INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITIONS ; 1. Why Write a Book on Lupus? ; 2. What is Lupus? ; 3. The History of Lupus ; 4. Who Gets Lupus? ; PART II. INFLAMMATION AND IMMUNITY ; 5. The Body's Protection Plan ; 6. The Enemy Is Our Cells ; PART III. WHAT CAUSES LUPUS? ; 7. The Genetic Connection ; 8. Environmental Villains ; 9. Drugs That May Cause Lupus or Produce Flareups ; PART IV. WHERE AND HOW CAN THE BODY BE AFFECTED BY LUPUS? ; 10. History, Symptoms, and Signs ; 11. Must We Draw Blood? ; 12. Reactions of the Skin: Rashes and Discoid Lupus ; 13. Why the Aches? Arthritis, Muscles, and Bone ; 14. Pants and Pulses: The Lungs and Heart ; 15. Heady Connections: The Nervous System and Behavioral Changes ; 16. The Head, Neck, and Sjogren's Syndrome ; 17. What About Hormones? ; 18. The Impact of Lupus Upon the GI Tract and Liver ; 19. Lupus in the Kidney and Urinary Tract ; 20. The Blood and Lymphatic Systems ; 21. Why Do Blood Clots Develop? ; 22. Lupus Through the Ages: Lupus in Children and the Elderly ; 23. Is It Really Lupus? ; PART V. THE MANAGEMENT OF LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS ; 24. How to Treat Lupus with Physical Measures ; 25. You Can Help Conquer Lupus ; 26. Taming Inflammation: Anti-inflammatory Therapies ; 27. Big Guns and Magic Bullets: Disease-Modifying Drugs ; 28. Other Options: Treatments Occasionally Used to Manage Lupus ; 29. Fighting Infections, Allergies, and Osteoporosis ; 30. Can a Woman with Lupus Have a Baby? ; 31. Economic Impact of Lupus in teh United States and Disability Issues ; 32. What's the Prognosis? ; 33. New Therapies for Lupus and Future Directions