Rhiann Georgia Lightfoot
Rhiann's Skydive for Lupus UK
Fundraising for LUPUS UK
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In January 2009 my mum was diagnosed with a serious condition which can effect every organ in your body. I want raise funds to go towards medical research and raising awareness of this condition by doing a 13,000 ft Skydive on the 28th of March 2015.
What is Lupus?Lupus is an autoimmune disease where the body's immune system becomes hyperactive and attacks normal, healthy tissue. This results in symptoms such as inflammation, swelling, and damage to joints, skin, kidneys, blood, the heart, and lungs.
Under normal function, the immune system makes proteins called antibodies in order to protect and fight against antigens such as viruses and bacteria.
Lupus makes the immune system unable to differentiate between antigens (a substance capable of inducing a specific immune response) and healthy tissue. This leads the immune system to direct antibodies against the healthy tissue - not just antigens - causing swelling, pain, and tissue damage.
I pledge to raise £500
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