One of the most frustrating symptoms of living with a chronic illness is brain fog. There are medications to treat many symptoms of chronic diseases, but sadly there isn’t yet a pill that takes away brain fog. However, there are ways to deal with it so patients can minimize its effects and…
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If you’ve recently been diagnosed with lupus, it’s natural to have a long list of questions about the disease, including how it’ll affect you and what kind of treatment you’ll need. Here are the answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about lupus, thanks to the Lupus…
Lupus is an autoimmune disease that mainly strikes women during their childbearing years. For many women living with the disease, that means pregnancy will become an issue at some point in their lives. MORE: Seven pregnancy tips for lupus patients A few decades ago, women with lupus were discouraged from having a family,…
Lupus can be traced as far back as the author of the Hippocratic Oath. Hippocrates was a Greek philosopher born in 430 BC and amongst his chronicles are details of patients with the classic butterfly facial rash associated with the disease. (Sources: lupus.org.uk and medscape.com)…
Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can attack any part of the patient’s body. This makes it a difficult disease to diagnose as the symptoms can mimic many other illnesses. In addition, there are so many different symptoms that no two patients will experience the same ones. MORE: Nine important…
In this Arthritis National Research Foundation video, host Britt Johnson interviews Dr. Michelle Kahlenberg, a rheumatologist and medical researcher from the University of Michigan. MORE: Nine symptoms of lupus in children Kahlenberg goes into detail about her research work that hones in on how lupus related inflammation of the…
Lupus is an autoimmune disease that develops for no known reason. Instead of the immune system protecting a person with lupus, it turns on the patient. Anyone can get the disease — any age, gender or race. Young adult women are most at risk. MORE: Young people diagnosed with…
Because lupus is such a complex disease, it affects people differently. Symptoms vary from person to person, which means the treatments have to be personalized. Here are 10 of the most frequently asked questions about this chronic autoimmune disease (source: lupus.org): 1. What is lupus? Lupus is an…
In this Arthritis National Research Foundation video, host Kyle Langan talks with Dr. Anne Stevens from Seattle Children’s Hospital about the autoimmune diseases lupus and scleroderma. MORE: Nine symptoms of lupus in children Dr. Stevens discusses some of her recent research projects. One study is investigating whether not maternal cells passed…
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