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Lupus is an Invisible Illness
Spreading lupus awareness by comparing it to the effects of Covid-19
The epidemic spreading over the past year and a half has made us all a bit more emotional towards the complications of life. Quarantine has helped us understand the aspects of life which we didn’t have time to explore earlier, keeping this current situation in mind I take the liberty to have my say.
A decade ago, when I was diagnosed with Lupus I did not know what it was. None of my family members understood the complications of this disease. Its symptoms and their consequences were all alien to us.
It was had to believe that an otherwise apparently normal looking person could have such complexities going on inside the body.
Lupus is a disease that occurs when your body’s immune system attacks your own tissues and organs (autoimmune disease). Inflammation caused by lupus can affect many different body systems — including your joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart and lungs. There’s no cure for lupus, treatments can help control symptoms.
