Dimensions
133 x 215 x 17mm
Lupus is a disease of the autoimmune system which affects millions of people across the world. If you have this condition, or know someone who has, then this is essential reading.
It combines patients' own experiences with cutting edge research from top international lupus specialists who have been consulted for this book. Here is information and advice which will give you and your family new hope, and provide you with the tools you need to cope with this disease.
Medical issues - from symptoms and diagnosis to treatment and prognosis - are discussed in simple, easily understood language.
You will learn:
- What lupus is and how to live with it
- How to approach the medical profession and what to ask
- Which symptoms could mean you have lupus
- Which drugs and treatments are used, and what they do
- All about alternative treatments - and what works for others
- How lupus sufferers manage their disease
