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"WEBVTT  MAGGIE: THERE ARE MORE THAN 100 AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES 1 IN 5 PEOPLE SUFFER FROM AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE. HERE IN OKLAHOMA, THERE RESEARCH BEING DONE ON SEVERAL OF THESE DISEASES AND WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THESE RESEARCHERS ARE DOING. TODAY, WE’RE FOCUSING ON LUPUS AND THE WORLD’S FIRST LUPUS PREVENTION STUDY HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN OKLAHOMA. WE’RE JOINED BY DOCTOR JUDITH JAMES, THE OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION’S V.P. OF CLINICAL AFFAIRS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME ON TELEVISION. WE ARE SO EXCITED THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHI. >> LET’S TALK ABOUT LUPUS. WHAT IS LUPUS? >> LUPUS IS AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE. BASICALLY YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM, WHICH SHOULD BE FIGHTING OFF FLU AND OTHER INFECTIONS TURNS INSIDE AND ATTACKS DIFFERENT PARTS OF YOUR BODY. SO LUPUS IS ONE OF THE DISEASES WE STUDY AT THE OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION. IT’S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE TOP FIVE CAUSES OF DEATH IN WOMEN BETWEEN 15 AND 45. >> AT WHAT AGE DO PATIENTS START TO SEE THOSE SYMPTOMS? >> USUALLY LUPUS ATTENDANCE -- LUPUS TENDS TO AFFECT YOUNG WOMEN. SO -- LUKE THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT IN THAT SOME PATIENTS CAN HAVE MAINLY RASHES AND FATIGUE AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN HAVE LUPUS THAT SHUTS DOWN THEIR KIDNEYS. >> ARE THEY HARD AT FIRST TO PUT TOGETHER AND SAY THIS IS LUPUS WHAT THE DIAGNOSIS PROCESS? >> IT’S A VERY COMPLICATED. BECAUSE IT CAN BE VERY AMORPHOUS , WE HAVE BLOOD TESTS THAT WE DO. UNFORTUNATELY THEY CAN BE POSITIVE AND PEOPLE WON’T DEVELOP FULL-BLOWN LUPUS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WORK ON IS IDENTIFYING LETTE -- IDENTIFYING BETTER BLOOD MARKERS. WE ALSO HAVE A STUDY OF PATIENTS WHO HAVE SYMPTOMS OF LUPUS BUT DON’T HAVE MAJOR ORGAN THREATENING -- YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TEST AND SOME OTHER SYMPTOM. >> AS FAR AS LUPUS GOES, DO YOU HAVE NUMBERS ON OKLAHOMANS OR JUST IN GENERAL? >> WE HAVE SOME NUMBERS ON OKLAHOMANS, BUT DON’T HAVE PERFECT NUMBERS. SOMETIMES THE DIAGNOSIS IS DIFFICULT. WE KNOW THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN OKLAHOMA THAT HAVE SYSTEMIC LUPUS. THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE THAT HAVE THIS KIND OF POSITIVE BLOOD TEST. THAT MAY BE 10 TIMES MORE COMMON. WHICH OF THOSE PATIENTS ARE GOING TO GET ORGAN THREATENING DISEASE. >> TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS STUDY WILL LOOK LIKE? >> IT STUDIED BY T NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. WE ARE LEAVING PART OF IT HERE IN OKLAHOMA BUT THERE ARE OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HAVE SITES. WE ARE ONE OF THE FIRE OF INITIAL SITES AND HOPE TO LEAD THE STUDY. IF A PERSON IS INTERESTED, IF THEY’VE BEEN TOLD THEY MAY HAVE LUPUS OR SOMEONE ELSE IN THE FAMILY MAY HAVE LUPUS THEY CAN CALL, THEY CAN COME IN FOR A SCREAMING -- FREE SCREENING VISIT. THEY WILL KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE AT RISK OR IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THEY CAN BE DOING TO DECREASE THE RISK. , THAT’S THE NUMBER THERE. PEOPLE CAN REACH OUT. >> THE EASY O"
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