Healthy Living for Women
"Lupus"

The Basics on Lupus:

• Lupus is 4 times greater in African American women than in Caucasian women.

• Environmental factors that can trigger Lupus include: certain drugs, chemicals, and there is also a theory that viruses can trigger the disease.

• The incidence of Lupus seems to be increasing in the last 2 decades.

• Today, there are better treatments for the disease. Therefore the mortality rate among Lupus patients today is much lower than it was in the 1950s.

• Research is ongoing into the connection between Lupus and heart disease and why some Lupus patients, even after their disease is "quiet", can suffer heart attacks and strokes.

Please go to United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania for links to local resources and information.

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