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Takeaway. Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease. It can cause many different symptoms, including fever, fatigue, rashes, body aches, and confusion. While there’s no cure, symptoms can be managed ...
Capitoline Wolf. The Capitoline Wolf ( Italian: Lupa Capitolina) is a bronze sculpture depicting a scene from the legend of the founding of Rome. The sculpture shows a she-wolf suckling the mythical twin founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus. According to the legend, when King Numitor, grandfather of the twins, was overthrown by his brother ...
Other early signs of lupus that may affect your skin include: swollen eyelids. swelling around one or both eyes. thick, scaly patches of skin anywhere on the body. discolored spots. mouth sores ...
Lupus is an autoimmune disease, which means that the immune system mistakes the body's own tissues as foreign invaders and attacks them. Some people with lupus suffer only minor inconveniences ...
Preventing Flares. Pregnancy. Lupus Nephritis. Complications of Lupus. Photosensitivity. Lupus Fatigue. Nine out of ten people who have systemic lupus erythematosus are women. Get in-depth lupus ...
Lupus that develops after age 50 doesn’t always start with the obvious signs of lupus that younger people may get. In older adults, the symptoms tend to be more generic, such as weight loss ...
Lupercalia. Lupercalia, also known as Lupercal, was a pastoral festival of Ancient Rome observed annually on February 15 to purify the city, promoting health and fertility. [1] Lupercalia was also known as dies Februatus, after the purification instruments called februa, the basis for the month named Februarius .
She-wolf (Roman mythology) The Capitoline Wolf, arguably the most famous statue of the She-Wolf. In the Roman foundation myth, a she-wolf ( lupa in Italian) was an Italian wolf who nursed and sheltered the twins Romulus and Remus after they were abandoned in the wild by decree of King Amulius of Alba Longa.