Living With Lupus

by Philippa Pigache

Lupus is an auto-immune disease in which a person's immune system becomes over-active and attacks the body, causing damage and dysfunction and sometimes affecting major body organs. Lupus may be mild or present with more serious, life-threatening complications. Lupus is more common in women between 15 and 40, and 90% of sufferers are women. Symptoms include extreme fatigue, joint pain, muscle aches, anemia, and general malaise. It may be confused with other disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis. Drug treatments and awareness of the condition have improved greatly in recent years.

116 pages, Paperback

First published June 15, 2006