It is true that more antibiotics are used in animals than humans, but there are far more animals in the U.S. than people. There are more than 90 million cattle, 5.3 million sheep and lamb, 66 million hogs, 200 million turkeys and eight billion chickens on U.S. farms.
Lupus nephritis. Lupus nephritis (also known as SLE nephritis) is an inflammation of the kidneys caused by systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune disease. It is a type of glomerulonephritis in which the glomeruli become inflamed.
Lupus is an autoimmune disease that causes the body to attack and inflame otherwise healthy tissues and organs. Kidneys are among the organs that can be damaged by this disease and kidney failure is a chief cause of death among people with lupus.