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.
This can then lead to exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. Lupus. The autoimmune disease lupus can cause a rare condition called autoimmune pancreatitis, where the bodyâs T-cells (blood cells that fight infection) attack the pancreas. Autoimmune pancreatitis can lead to chronic pancreatitis and, in some cases, to exocrine pancreatic insufficiency,â Gress says.