Tag: flare
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How Do You Enjoy the Beach with Lupus?
We are going to the beach for a few days and I am worried about the sun giving me problems. I haven’t been to the beach or outside much since I was diagnosed with lupus. I want to have a good time but I don’t want to have a lupus flare. What can I do?…
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Symptoms of a Lupus Flare
A lupus flare is caused when something triggers the lupus disease to arise and cause irritation to the patient, resulting in lupus symptoms. These flares can be subtle or extremely uncomfortable. Lupus flares are often unpredictable and may arise after long periods of no symptoms and go into “remission” shortly after the flare ends. Some…
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How Do You Get Lupus from Medications?
You can’t get lupus from medications, but taking a new medication or stopping a a lupus medication can cause you to have lupus flares. A lupus flare is when you are experiencing lupus symptoms that come for a brief period of time and then go away. Some doctors like to use the term remission, but…