Medications
These medicines are for PAIN.
What are NSAID's?
I'm a chronic autoimmune disease that causes inflammation which can damage vital organs.
What is lupus?
I'm a low white blood cell or platelet count.
What is anemia?
The term lupus (Latin word for "wolf") was 1st applied to skin diseases, originally used to describe lesions on skin
What is 916AD?
A nonprofit organization founded in...
What is 1973?
I help prevent flares, treat fatigue & rashes, joint pain, and protect organs.
What are antimalarials?
We are the population effected by lupus the most.
What is the female black population?
Redness or rash in the shape of a butterfly across your nose and cheeks.
What is a malar rash?
Malcolm Hargraves discovered the Lupus Erythematosus (LE) Cell
What is 1948?
A bilingual hybrid support group in Chicago under LSI.
What is Lupus Spoons?
I was the 2nd drug FDA approved for Fibromyalgia back in 2008?
What is Duloxetine? AKA Cymbalta.
The disappearance of symptoms and signs of active disease.
What is remission?
Sensitivity of sun?
What is photosensitivity?
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA's) were used to diagnose the disease.
What is 1954?
Date Lupus Spoons support group began?
What is August 10, 2019 (81019)?
I'm used to protect your organs and targeted biologics.
What are immunosuppressants?
Anyone, of any age, regardless of race or gender
Who can develop lupus?
Hair loss or baldness
What is alopecia?
The earliest physical evidence of lupus in a 14 year old girl of Peru.
What was 890AD?
Held yearly in August in Naperville?
What is the Western Suburbs Lupus walk?
I'm used quickly to control severe flare-ups especially when there's organ involvement.
What are corticosteroids?
An estimated 1.5 million Americans & 5 million ppl world wide.
How many ppl have lupus?
Extreme fatigue and joint pain
What are the main 2 symptoms of lupus?
Austrian dermatologist Ferdinand von Hebra - published the 1st illustrations of the "butterfly" rash
What is 1856?
Observed on May 10th yearly?
What is World Lupus Day?