Tag: lupus
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Doctors Explain 12 Things That Help if You Live With Lupus
Lupus is an autoimmune disease that causes skin, joints, kidneys, brain, blood cells, heart, and lungs inflammation. Like other autoimmune diseases, your immune system attacks your body’s tissues. Lupus means “wolf” in Latin. A 13th-century doctor first used this word to describe the facial lesions he found on a patient because they reminded him of…
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4 Ways to Manage Living With an Invisible Illness
An invisible illness refers to any chronic health condition with effects that don’t show up on the surface. This can include mental disorders, though it more often refers to physical ailments that don’t involve apparent disability aids or visible bodily changes. One faces many unique hurdles when they live with these conditions, and they can…