Lupus Walk 2015

This year was the third year that we attended the Lupus walk at the Lowry Park Zoo, each year the attendance grows.

We walked to support a friend of ours, I also walk for my Aunt, sister and a few other friends who have to deal with this disease on a daily basis. May is Lupus Awareness month and some may not even know what this disease consist of. Read below for some facts about lupus.

• Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects more than 1.5 Americans

• More than 90% of Lupus sufferers are women, mostly young women between the ages of 15 - 44

• Women of color are three times more at risk of Lupus than caucasian women.

• With Lupus, the immune system, which is designed to protect against infection, creates antibodies that attack the body’s own tissues and organs — the kidneys, brain, heart, lungs, blood, skin, and joints.

• Lupus affects everyone differently, no two cases are alike. The treatment also varies depending on the symptoms of each patient.

• Lupus is a hard disease to diagnose because symptoms come and go and they also mimic other diseases however, several laboratory test of blood and urine along with clinical assessment can help make a diagnosis

I have to say that all the women in my life that live with this disease on basis are strong amazing women. I love that I have the opportunity to support them.