Does Every Lupus Patient Have the Same Symptoms?

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Since lupus is an autoimmune disease – which means the immune system starts to attack healthy cells in the body – not everyone who suffers from lupus has the same symptoms and flares.

Wondering what it triggering your lupus flares?

Being such an individual disease, lupus is a very difficult condition to diagnose as patients can have a multitude of different symptoms and presentations.

In this video, shared by BlackDoctor.org, listen to Dr. Sharon Dowell answers some important questions about lupus in this Q&A session.

Find out more about symptoms of lupus here.

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