What topic could be used in a science fair project that involved Systemic Lupus?

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What topic could be used in a science fair project that involved Systemic Lupus?

Answer 1

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a very interesting and broad topic. The disease can affect many different organ systems and parts of the body, ie: skin, blood, kidney, central nervous system, joints. Any one of these areas would be a good topic. Also, SLE has very classic physical exam findings (rashes, ulcers, joints, etc) and usually happens to a certain age/race/gender. There are many blood tests that aid in the diagnosis of SLE. A discussion of how to diagnose Lupus using the criteria above would be interesting. Other topics: drugs and treatments used to in SLE, prognosis of patients w/ SLE, diseases confused with SLE (other rheumatic diseases like Scleroderma, Sjogren's, etc), famous people w/ SLE. You get the idea. Hope this helped