From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Titanoboa, /tiËtÉËnÉµËbÉµ.É/ ; meaning  titanic boa , is an extinct genus of snake that lived approximately 60â58 million years ago, during the Paleocene epoch, a 10-million-year period immediately following the dinosaur extinction event.
When writer Flannery O'Connor was diagnosed with lupus in 1950 at age 25, the autoimmune disease was poorly understood, often confused with arthritis. O'Connor braved debilitating pain, immobility, and fatigue with her characteristic humor at times, calling her crutches flying buttresses.
Sle (lupus) is an auto-immune disorder in which a person's immune system is reacting strongly against parts of his own body. The inflammation from the immune system reaction leads to symptoms. It is believed to be partly genetic or familial (some people may be genetically more likely to get sle) and partly environmental (something happens in a person's life that sets off the auto-immune reaction).