Kathleen Hanna

I have late-stage Lyme disease. I was misdiagnosed for many, many years and told I had lupus, MS, Crohn's disease, even degenerative arthritis. And finally in 2010, I got the correct diagnosis, because on the last Le Tigre tour, I was having several seizures a day and at times not being able to brush my own teeth.

American Musician

Lauren Shuler Donner

I didn't tell anyone I had lupus for many, many years, and I didn't tell anyone I had cancer. I was afraid no one would hire me, and I also felt it was deeply personal. It was nobody's business. Now, of course, my feelings have changed.

American Producer

Floyd Skloot

In 1964, at the age of 39, Flannery O'Connor died from complications of lupus. She had lived with this autoimmune disease for 14 years, primarily confined to her mother's farm, Andalusia, in Milledgeville, Ga.

American Poet

Jennifer Holliday

For a long time, they thought I had lupus, then they thought I had something else. Finally, when I couldn't walk, they did a spinal tap and conclusively diagnosed me with M.S.

American Actress

Selena Gomez

I've discovered that anxiety, panic attacks, and depression can be side effects of lupus, which can present their own challenges.

Katherine Ryan

My life is so much better with lupus because I know that stress and too much junk food will literally put me in hospital.

Canadian Comedian

Colman Domingo

I wrote 'A Boy and His Soul' that talks about how my mother had lupus and my dad dying of a heart condition.

American Actor

Jeff Vandermeer

My stepmom is one of the leading researchers on lupus in the world.

American Writer

Merry Clayton

My mother was a lupus patient. I was a child with the lupus gene.

I was diagnosed with lupus, and I've been through chemotherapy.

Used to discuss health issues, especially autoimmune disorders.

Medical condition

Emphasizes the severity of the disease and its impact on life.

Serious implications

Indicates lupus has various symptoms, including but beyond skin rashes.

Not just a rash

Refers to wild canines, particularly wolves, not domesticated dogs.

Wild animal

The term is outdated for wolves, and the Latin name Canis lupus is preferred.

Rare usage

Understanding older literature requires recognizing archaic terms like 'lupus'.

Historical context

 and very low blood pressure. It can be deadly. The body can even have an allergic reaction to itself causing auto-immune disorders, like multiple sclerosis, lupus, and type 1 diabetes. But even non-life threatening allergy symptoms can make you miserable, so what can you do about it?

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 like lupus or inflammatory bowel disease, impact the whole body. With these conditions, the body’s immune system attacks its own cells, a process analogous to a constant asthma attack or rash. A constant low dose of steroids can help keep this renegade immune response under control—

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 But accessibility is a broad concept that applies to many, many different conditions. That includes people with autism, visual impairments, and autoimmune diseases, like lupus, which can cause pain and fatigue, along with many other conditions.

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 to reveal the variety and nuance of human character. She knew some of this variety was uncomfortable, and that her stories could be an acquired taste – but she took pleasure in challenging her readers. O’Connor died of lupus at the age of 39,

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 She was in control. And if that seems like a little thing for somebody with chronic illness, it's not -- not at all. When we face a chronic serious illness, whether it's rheumatoid arthritis or lupus or cancer or diabetes, or cirrhosis,

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 a diagnosis of diabetes in a human patient would remain tantamount to a death sentence until the early 20th century, its causes unknown. What changed this dire situation was the help of humanity's longtime animal Canis lupus familiaris,

What did dogs teach...

 beats men at least twice her size the intense competition regularly draws hundreds of spectators this attention on gorging mass quantities of food worries dietitians like Mariana lupus from a health perspective it's important that

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 the sheer variety of domestic dogs is staggering. But what makes the story of man’s best friend so surprising is that they all evolved from a creature often seen as one of our oldest Canis lupus, or the gray wolf.

A brief history of dogs...

 Shea and I bonded over our mothers and grandmothers. Amber and I bonded over our battles with lupus. Together, we decided to remain in each other's life and continue our creative efforts.

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 and begin to repair them. The Italians have a wonderful expression for “Lupus in fabula.” The wolf in the fairytale. Just when life is going swimmingly,