13 Early Warning Signs of Lupus You Need to Know (and what to do the moment you see them)

The Lupus Foundation of America counts around 1.5 million Americans affected by lupus, and according to statistics, nine out of ten are women. This autoimmune disease is considered as highly unpredictable by both, specialists and patients.

Mallory Dixon is a young and determined lupus patient (29). She also agrees that this disability can’t be described as it’s very unpredictable.

As she explains, lupus can affect everyone, and doesn’t know of race, age, or ethnic preference. Patients experience symptoms different in severity, and most of the time they can’t explain them.

The first diagnosis of Mallory was rheumatoid arthritis. However, after 6 years, she started experiencing many additional symptoms so she was diagnosed with lupus. Two years later, Mallory was in a terrible condition and was even unable to breathe, so she had to seek a proper medical care.

Mallory explains that the night before she went to hospital, she thought she will dying and was even afraid to fall asleep.

And in fact, she did die when she arrived at the hospital, but she was brought back to life by the doctors. During the 86 days she was attached to bed, she fell into a coma, was hooked-up to a ventilator, received chemo, and was treated with dialysis. Only later did the doctors discover that it was lupus which caused these symptoms, and that it was spread to her kidneys.

Her goal is to bring awareness to women about lupus symptoms, as lupus can be prevented from spreading to kidneys, brain, heart, and other organs if discovered on time.

Warning Signs of Lupus and Its Effect on Life

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