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Spreading Lupus Awareness One Butterfly at a time
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May 10 Lupus Fact
Imagine being bothered by sunlight, being covered in a rash, suffering fatigue, mouth sores, kidney and joint problems, as well as experiencing substantial hair loss and the swelling of lymph nodes.
Sounds awful, doesn’t it?
Today is World Lupus Day help us celebrate warriors and spread awareness. World Lupus Day was created to help all to understand that this seemingly random grab bag of symptoms is actually a life altering, debilitating, chronic autoimmune disease suffered by approximately 5 million people worldwide, with 1.5 million of them living in the United States alone.
In short, lupus causes the immune system to become overactive, creating antibodies that attack healthy tissue causing pain, inflammation and damage in any given part of the body. Unfortunately lupus can be fatal and there is currently no known cure.
Sadly, a large majority of people have little to no idea about lupus, often confusing it with other diseases since it mimics so many different illnesses. Many people have no idea lupus even exists until they themselves or somebody they know is diagnosed with it. This is the problem World Lupus Day was created to combat.
World Lupus Day was created by Lupus Canada in 2004 to raise awareness for lupus which can have devastating effects on lupus warriors and their families. It was organized by lupus organizations from thirteen countries, who called for their governments to increase funding for research, provide better patient services, increase epidemiological data and raise awareness.
This is your tenth butterfly of hope.
We need awareness and a cure!
Encourage everyone you know to let it FLY!
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