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What Is It/ |
How Is It Recognized/ |
Is Massage indicated |
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Condition Name |
What Are They? |
How Are They Recognized? |
or Contraindicated? |
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Lupus is an autoimmune |
Eleven
specific criteria are used to |
Massage
is systemically contrain- |
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disease
in which antibodies |
identify
lupus They include, |
dicated
for acute flares of lupus. |
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attack
various types of con- |
among
other things, arthritis in |
it
may be indicated in the sub- |
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nective
tissue throughout |
two
or more joints, pleurisy, peri- |
acute
stage, depending on the |
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the
body Three varieties |
carditis,
and kidney and nervous |
health
of the tissues. |
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have
been identified, of |
System
dysfunction. |
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which
svstemic lupus ery- |
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thematosis is the most |
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serious. |
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