SLE stands for systemic lupus erythematosus. This is a chronic condition, which means that after being diagnosed, patients…
Marta Ribeiro
Marta graduated from Universidade Fernando Pessoa in Porto with a degree in Communication Sciences and a Masters degree in New Communication Technologies. She has experience in social media, worked with several media channels, and has also worked as a freelance photographer and a graphic artist for almost 10 years.
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Articles by Marta Ribeiro
Being a disease that affects people by attacking the immune system, lupus can affect any part of…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWTpdQYeNA Being diagnosed with a disease that you know nothing about is never easy, let alone a disease which sometimes…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npl70colVq4 For patients who have recently been diagnosed with lupus, understanding the disease can be difficult. Sometimes they need…
Diagnosing lupus can be extremely difficult because the range of symptoms is so vast that many are common…
Lupus is an autoimmune disease that develops for no known specific reason. Instead of the immune system protecting a person…
“Some days I can’t balance it [family life and lupus] at all, I just have to lay in bed“.
https://youtu.be/tqatW7xFUNU Being a systemic inflammatory disorder, lupus commonly presents a multitude of symptoms. It’s a very individual disease as…
Lupus is a serious, chronic autoimmune disease that debilitates your body. Fatigue, fever, skin rashes, and joint…
Lupus is a serious, chronic autoimmune disease that debilitates your body. Fatigue, fever, skin rashes, and joint…