https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B385uJgYMoA Autoimmune disease occur when the immune system turns against the body’s own tissues. If you have just been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease such as lupus, it means that your own body is turning against itself, destroying cells that shouldn’t be destroyed. Wondering about the…
Exercising and keeping fit is encouraged for everyone, but especially for people with lupus and other chronic disease like it. Regular exercise has been shown to help lupus patients, and keep stress levels low and improve sleep. Here are nine ways to motivate yourself to get out there and start…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8E7KBONEr4 Lupus is an autoimmune disease that anyone can develop, but women are mostly affected by it. It’s a very complex disease where your own body cells start attacking each other. Do you know how lupus affects and attacks your immune system? But what causes this disease? Are…
There are several treatment options available to ease the symptoms of lupus, but there isn’t one treatment that can simply end and cure lupus. Fortunately, research is always evolving and that’s how we find clinical trials. But what do you know about these studies? To help you learn more about…
Vitamin D is often called the “sunshine vitamin” mostly because we can get it naturally when the sun’s UV rays interact with our skin, which triggers the vitamin’s synthesis. The VIP vitamin aids our body’s absorption of calcium to keep our bones strong and encourage healthy cells to grow.  Here are a few more health benefits of…
Each lupus patient experiences his or her own unique combination of symptoms, which means each treatment regimen must be unique and adapted to each patient. Even though there’s not one simple treatment option to follow, there are four main drug classes that are currently used to treat lupus: …
Pretty much everyone likes to travel. But sometimes it’s not as easy as it should be–for several reasons. For healthy people, traveling can sometimes be tiring, exhausting and hard to plan, but for someone living with a chronic illness it can be even harder. Take lupus patients as an example.
It’s no surprise that sometimes people say things they don’t want to–or mean to. Especially when they’re talking to someone with a disease like lupus, that is not fully understood by those who don’t live with it. Lupus is a chronic illness, and chronic illnesses affect around 133 million Americans.
Despite what you’ve read, there is no established diet for lupus. There are certain foods that may improve life while living with lupus, and that are certain foods that can worsen your flares and how you feel. To help you learn a little bit more about what you should and…
With winter just around the corner, it’s time we all started to look after ourselves a little more. Avoiding germs is one thing, but we can also try and boost our immune systems by getting plenty of sleep and eating the right foods. Here are nine foods well-known for their…