Is lupus lethal

Is lupus lethal

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Lupus is not a universally fatal disease. In fact, today with treatment, 80-90% of the people with lupus live a normal life span.

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My best friend has Lupus, what is it?

Q: Is it lethal? Can it be cured? What can I do to help? :[She’s always so tired and her immune system is bad and I don’t know what I can do or what it even is.

A: By lupus I assume you mean SLE or Systemic Lupus Erythematosis. This is a chronic autoimmune connective tissue disease that can affect any part of the body. It is where the body’s immune system attacks itself causing inflammation, pain and tissue damage.There is no cure for SLE although it can be symptomatically treated with corticosteroids and immunosuppressants. SLE can be fatal although fatalaties are becoming increasingly rare.Really there is nothing that can be done. Only to treat the symptoms of it. You can prevent it by avoiding sunlight as it can exacerbate the disease. Also studies have shown that fasting or eating low-fat, vegetarian wholesome diets have the possibility to lessen the symptoms or even induce a remission to the disease.

Is it insane to think this way?

Q: When I was fifteen one of my best friends died of lupus exactly two weeks after I took him out surfing even though my dad told me not to because his immune system was weak. It was a gorgeous day and he absolutely loved surfing and begged me to take him, so my boyfriend and I agreed. We just wanted him to be happy. He developed pneumonia a few days later and was hospitalized and then died. It all just happened very fast. He had two brothers who had died before him from lupus so we had no reason to be so naive about how lethal the disease was. I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Disease stage 2B over the summer 10 days after my 17th birthday, and I am almost relieved in a way. Like it’s a penance. It’s not even that major of a disease. I mean, it’s not like lupus. I haven’t responded to treatment like I was supposed to, and I don’t even mind. I do reckless things all the time, like today I went out in the freezing cold without a coat or hat on, and last week I got so drunk I had to literally be carried home. I’m freaking myself out. I’m not depressed, and I have so much to look forward to in my life. I got into one of the best universities in the world, scored an amazing internship and am popular. I most definitely do not want to die, but I sort of don’t care if I have to keep dealing with chemo and all this bullshit because it’s like fair retribution. Is that just totally insane? I would never admit this to anyone in person.kevin, thank you. But I don’t know how much more I can grieve. I sang at his funeral and have given him memorial services on the day of his death, and I gave a huge sum I earned for a fellowship in his name. I don’t know how else to grieve or what more to do.

A: You wanted to and did give your friend joy! We are all going to die sooner or later. It is not a bad thing to be feared. It is just the passing to whatever may come next. Most people want to go on living for various personal reasons, but if you become obsessed with merely prolonging life it becomes the goal instead of actually living life. I think you are confused about your life right now and are so desperate to explain what is happening to you that you are even willing to turn to the irrational. It is hard to be 17. Like you said you have so much to look forward to in your life but that isn’t now. We all have to live in the present no matter how crappy it may seem. I know it may sound contradictory since I’m an agnostic, but I do embrace the Serenity Prayer http://www.cptryon.org/prayer/special/serenity.html It takes a lot of living to become serene with being self contradictory.