What do you know about Lupus?

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  PrimalIce Posts: 2,897

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  10/11/13 - 02:00 #2

  Its never lupus

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  TheMask Posts: 10,219

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  10/11/13 - 02:03 #3

  He plays in the midfield for liverpool

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  ROWLING2010 Posts: 3,909

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  10/11/13 - 02:04 #4

  It's a medical condition.
  
  Someone had it on Holby City once.
  
  Apart from that I know nothing.

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  [Deleted User] Posts: 21,093

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  10/11/13 - 02:04 #5

  As much as I've read about it.

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  lucifer sam Posts: 688

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  10/11/13 - 02:05 #6

  I know someone who has it, not a nice thing to have and can be quite serious, it is hard to diagnose and can cause organ damage and sometimes it can be fatal.

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  Raquelos. Posts: 7,734

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  10/11/13 - 02:05 #7

  Without Googling I know that it is fairly complicated condition that can be exacerbated by exposure to sunlight and is mostly found in women. It used to be fatal, but I think that it can be managed with meds now.
  
  I only know that much because some peripheral character in a book I was reading had it though, otherwise I think I would be completely without a clue. It's not hugely common is it?

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  HenryGarten Posts: 24,800

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  10/11/13 - 02:07 #8

  CaptainObvious_ wrote: »

  Is it as unknown as I imagine?
  
  do you have any experience of lupus?

  
  It is a medical condition. A long term online friend of mine suffers from lupus but I do not really know what it involves.

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  CaptainObvious_ Posts: 3,881

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  10/11/13 - 02:10 #9

  hmm interesting

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  [Deleted User] Posts: 21,093

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  10/11/13 - 02:11 #10

  CaptainObvious_ wrote: »

  hmm interesting

  
  Which bit? Did we pass the test?

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  [Deleted User] Posts: 32,379

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  10/11/13 - 02:17 #11

  I saw a case on Dr G medical examiner where she did an autopsy that found the deceased had Lupus.

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  RAINBOWGIRL22 Posts: 24,459

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  10/11/13 - 02:22 #12

  I know what NHS Direct tells me
  
  http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/lupus/Pages/Introduction.aspx

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  rupert_pupkin Posts: 3,975

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  10/11/13 - 02:24 #13

  I know about Lupus Podolski

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  Darthchaffinch Posts: 7,558

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  10/11/13 - 02:28 #14

  It's a nasty systemic autoimmune disease, with no cure as yet.

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  [Deleted User] Posts: 81

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  10/11/13 - 02:36 #15

  Lupus!:D
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bueW1i9kQao

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  CaptainObvious_ Posts: 3,881

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  10/11/13 - 02:36 #16

  stupidwheelie wrote: »

  Which bit? Did we pass the test?

  
  All of it, and yes
  
  Have a gold star

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  Robert_Laverick Posts: 200

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  10/11/13 - 02:38 #17

  Darthchaffinch wrote: »

  It's a nasty systemic autoimmune disease, with no cure as yet.

  
  ALMOST a dictionary definition of said malady.
  
  Cheers mate.:)

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  Jen-B Posts: 3,412

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  10/11/13 - 02:56 #18

  I know enough. It's an auto-immune disease, often referred to as a mimicking disease, as its symptoms often mimic other things. I got tested for it in my teens, as I had one of the symptoms of it - a rash across my nose - as a precaution. They took 4 vials of the stuff. Thankfully, and as my doctor predicted, my rash was just eczema. But I did some swotting up before going for my blood test.
  
  Other symptoms, as far as I remember (!), include joint pain and photosensitivity.

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  polli Posts: 2,180

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  10/11/13 - 03:06 #19

  My sis in law has that.Hers is controlled by meds & she attends a Lupus clinic at our hosp.She is active but does complain of joint pain.She 'crashes' (her word) about every 18 months when her platelets dip seriously low.She comes out in horrific bruises if you so much as touch her with one finger.She has an emergency number for that and gets immediately admitted into hosp for 3 sessions of chemo and is back on track soon after.Hope that helps.
  
  ETA, she has to avoid direct sunlight,but still holidays in sunny climes ok.

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  lucifer sam Posts: 688

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  10/11/13 - 03:10 #20

  My friend has kidney problems because of it and at the moment she is being tested to see if it is harming her lungs.

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  year 1957 Posts: 212

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  10/11/13 - 03:15 #21

  CaptainObvious_ wrote: »

  Is it as unknown as I imagine?
  
  do you have any experience of lupus?

  
  Have you been watching Dr House .

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  sodavlac Posts: 10,607

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  10/11/13 - 03:21 #22

  Nothing. Sounds like a flower. Yes, I'm thinking of lupins, maybe the root of the word is the same or something?
  
  *Trots off to google.

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  bryemycaz Posts: 11,738

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  10/11/13 - 06:12 #23

  The singer Seal had it and that is what has caused the scars on his face.

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  Avidian Posts: 6,049

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  10/11/13 - 06:16 #24

  Lupus is latin for wolf

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  Joni M Posts: 70,225

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  10/11/13 - 06:48 #25

  Sophia Brown, one of the Bog Brother 10 Housemates died from Lupus
  http://metro.co.uk/2012/05/18/big-brother-10-housemate-sophia-brown-dies-aged-30-429820/

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  10/11/13 - 06:51 #26

  Joni M wrote: »

  Sophia Brown, one of the Bog Brother 10 Housemates died from Lupus
  http://metro.co.uk/2012/05/18/big-brother-10-housemate-sophia-brown-dies-aged-30-429820/

  
  Oh I remember her, that's awful. My mother's friend has it but I didn't know you can die from it.

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