Living with a debilitating chronic illness such as lupus can be pretty exhausting. Dealing with all the symptoms — lupus flares, fatigue, rashes and fever — plus side-effects that may come from treatments and medications can make your body extremely tired. Have you ever wondered how lupus attacks…
Lupus can be a tricky disease because of its complexity. Some aspects concerning symptoms, diagnosis, types of lupus, who it affects the most and more, can seem quite mysterious due to an overall lack of knowledge. To help you learn more about lupus, here’s a list of seven facts: Autoimmune…
Lupus is an autoimmune disease that debilitates the body. Having to deal with all the symptoms and lupus flares, makes regular normal routines very difficult to maintain. What triggers your lupus flares? Find out here. Patients can feel extremely tired much of the time, which makes…
Dealing with a chronic and rare disease like lupus can be complicated for people around you. Mystery surrounds the disease and the sheer lack of knowledge can confuse friends and family who don’t even have a clue about your condition. Sometimes they say some things they shouldn’t (even when they think they…
Lupus is a serious chronic autoimmune disease that debilitates your body. Dealing with the diagnosis and learning how to live with the symptoms and flares, then picking yourself up and trying to maintain a regular life routine can leave you feeling quite fatigued. Here are 10…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HePoXkr8hns There are many people living with lupus who are not yet aware of it. They may have some of the symptoms – which may or not be visible – but because lupus has so many different symptoms, it can be very difficult to diagnose. SLE – what is systemic…
As everybody probably knows, our body is made mostly out of water and we need it to stay alive. Drinking enough water to keep hydrated is one of the most important things we should do, but not everyone likes it or does it on a daily basis. If you’re living…
SLE stands for systemic lupus erythematosus. This is a chronic condition, which means that after being diagnosed, patients will live with it for the rest of their lives. But there are a lot more things about lupus you should know about, such as its symptoms. What…
Being a disease that affects people by attacking the immune system, lupus can affect any part of the body, including the kidneys. Once lupus attacks your kidneys, it means you have a type of lupus called lupus nephritis. Find out…
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 shows no external symptoms and signs. Lupus can be an invisible illness; it can affect any organ of the body and it can be very difficult to diagnose. This…