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Talking About Lupus: What to do and how to cope [Paperback]

Triona Holden (Author), Graham Hughes (Author)
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Lupus is a major autoimmune disease affecting millions of people across the world. If you have this condition, or know someone who has, then this book is essential reading. Talking About Lupus is packed with accessible up-to-the-minute information and advice which will give you and your family new hope, as well as providing the tools you need to cope with this disease. This groundbreaking book takes a personal approach to lupus. Dr Graham Hughes, one of the world's leading experts on lupus, and journalist, broadcaster and lupus sufferer Triona Holden use patients' own stories to illustrate the broad spectrum of the disease. Medical issues - from symptoms and diagnosis to treatment and prognosis - are discussed in simple easily understood language. You will learn: What lupus is and how to live with it; How to approach the medical profession and what to ask; Which symptoms could mean you have lupus; Which drugs and treatments are used, and what they do; All about alternative treatments - what works for others; How lupus sufferers manage their disease.

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Triona Holden is a former BBC TV war correspondent and newsreader who suffers from a mild form of lupus and writes for national newspapers. Dr Graham Hughes is one of the world's leading experts in lupus and at the cutting edge of diagnostic procedures and treatment.
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Talking About Lupus 16 Jun 2004
Format:Paperback
I found this book very informative, and positive. The language adopted is clear and friendly, particularly when medical tests are explained in layman's terms. As a lupus sufferer myself it was comforting to read some of the personal accounts which I could well identify with.

A must-read for people confronting lupus for the first time.

One shortcoming with this book, as I have found with most lupus-themed books, is that it fails to address or advise on practical issues such as insurance or mortgage issues. Lupus being the debilitating condition that it is, many sufferers are unable to work like normal people even if they desire to. However, sufferers are still confronted with the same financial pressures, mortgage aspirations and insurance needs. I would have loved to see in this book information on how to overcome difficulties in these areas as well as advice on disability benefits or equal opportunities in employment. And also ways to maximise support from the NHS without abusing it - for example, knowledge such as that some alternative treatments such as acupuncture can in fact be requested under the NHS via GPs could well save some lupus sufferers grief and prevent a sense of helplessness.
Perhaps Miss Holden can consider a chapter on the above practical issues in the next edition?

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Talking about Lupus 27 Feb 2010
Format:Paperback
My sister has just been diagnosed with Lupus and I got this book for her. It talks about the illness in an easy to read and understand way and has helped us both to understand Lupus and what steps/questions to ask with regard to treatment and controlling the symptoms. Excellent book!
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Fantastic 11 Oct 2009
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Was brilliant easy to read and gives a great understanding of the complaint certainly made me feel a lot better. Also good for the family as it gives them a great insight at what you are going through and the symptoms ...
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