Why do doctors say Stat ? On TV, when a doctor wants a tool in surgery quickly, they say something like scalpel, stat. What does that mean? is it an acronym? what does the word stem from.
Selena Gomez. SELENA Gomez is battling the auto-immune disease lupus. According to US reports, the 21-year-old singer, who ditched the rest of her world tour (including shows in Australia), shortly before Christmas, was apparently diagnosed a few years ago, but is now suffering from complications, which have forced her to cancel dates.
There are three main types of lupus skin disease: chronic cutaneous (discoid lupus), subacute cutaneous, and acute cutaneous. Some people with discoid lupus may never develop the systemic version of the disease (âsystemic lupus erythematosus). And those with subacute cutaneous lupus may develop arthritis.