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Lupus: How to make friends with the enemy |
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Written by Dian Syarief , Jakarta
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Saturday, 20 June 2009 |
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I know very well that the Jakarta Post normally dedicates its Opinion pages to strategic issues such as political, social and economic issues. Some readers may protest to the editors for allowing an article on Lupus disease to appear in this section. But, believe me, discussing this issue is no less strategic than issues of our presidential election, or the ongoing global economic collapse. For anyone, including politicians who are losing their power or business people who are seeing their companies collapse, this article is about hope, about the need for self-healing, and to accept the most bitter parts of life and live with them happily. Let us get back to the main issue. Systemic Lupus Erythematosis (SLE) is widely known as "the Great Imitator", causing doctors to misdiagnose it and thus prescribe the wrong treatments. |
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Written by LUISA Project Administrator
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Saturday, 09 May 2009 |
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LUPUS: A Disease That Mimics Other Diseases |
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Written by Henrylito D. Tacio
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Thursday, 07 May 2009 |
“Lupus is a disease that is hard to diagnose and hard to describe,” says Professor Pao Hsii Feng, a clinical professor at the National University of Singapore. “It is not contagious and its cause is still unknown.”
With those words, Prof. Feng has brought us to a disease that exhibit symptoms so vague that doctors are left scratching their heads as test after test fails to detect anything amiss. “What is wrong with my patient?” a doctor may ask himself. |
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