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Summary: The most comprehensive lupus book available
Review: The Lupus Book offers detailed information about lupus that is helpful for the newly diagnosed patient or, like my mother, for a lupus survivor of more than 20 years. It has become a "lupus Bible" for my mother and me, even after all the books we've read about lupus over the last 25 years. The book includes example anecdotes, useful information on treatments, and VITAL clinical information for each body system involved. Another Amazon.com customer recommended this book, and I am so grateful--we discovered a life-saving diagnostic procedure through this book that my mother's doctors had not intended to run. If you think you're getting the best care possible for your lupus, read this book and be certain of it. I can't recommend this book highly enough--it is quite literally life-preserving information for the chronically ill lupus patient.
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Summary: The most comprehensive lupus book available
Review: The Lupus Book offers detailed information about lupus that is helpful for the newly diagnosed patient or, like my mother, for a lupus survivor of more than 20 years. It has become a "lupus Bible" for my mother and me, even after all the books we've read about lupus over the last 25 years. The book includes example anecdotes, useful information on treatments, and VITAL clinical information for each body system involved. Another Amazon.com customer recommended this book, and I am so grateful--we discovered a life-saving diagnostic procedure through this book that my mother's doctors had not intended to run. If you think you're getting the best care possible for your lupus, read this book and be certain of it. I can't recommend this book highly enough--it is quite literally life-preserving information for the chronically ill lupus patient.
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Summary: The Lupus Book
Review: This is a great book for newly diagnosed Lupus patients. I have learned so much about the disease, and this book has answered alot of my questions about everything from skin rashes to lupus and pregnancy. The information is logically categorized and written in plain English....no medical double-talk here. Highly recommended!
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Summary: The Lupus Book
Review: This is a great book for newly diagnosed Lupus patients. I have learned so much about the disease, and this book has answered alot of my questions about everything from skin rashes to lupus and pregnancy. The information is logically categorized and written in plain English....no medical double-talk here. Highly recommended!
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Summary: The Lupus book: a guide for pt's and families
Review: This is a wonderful book and highly recommend it to anyone that has been dx with lupus. It answers all of your questions in laymens terms.
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Summary: Simply the Best
Review: This is simply the best book on the market for patients with various kinds of lupus, people who suspect they may have lupus, and those who love them.Written by one of the foremost rheumatologists in the world, and a noted expert in the field, this book covers everything from what is known about the causes of the various types of lupus to why it is difficult to diagnose the disease, on through the biochemistry of the disease, its manifestations and symptoms, the possible treatments for them, and the probable outcome of those treatments. It even discusses the options for lupies: what about pregnancy, for example? For a lupus patient, this is a must-read at diagnosis, and a faithful friend thereafter, as this fickle disease morphs into various different forms over time. It is also surprisingly reassuring for the new patient, who may have read outdated materials suggesting that a five-year survival rate is to be expected (it is not). The book, like its author, is careful and caring, but it assumes an intelligent reader and does not patronize. Anyone who doesn't want to read the technical explanations (why are C3 & C4 levels important?) can skip those parts, but the long-term patient will find him or herself going back to them eventually. The patient who reads and understands this book will also be in a far better position to advocate for him or herself with any rheumatologist, and to understand the tests that are inevitably run both to diagnose the illness and to detect its severity at any given time. The only more thorough book on the market on this subject is a textbook, "Dubois Lupus," edited by Daniel Wallace and Bevra Hahn. I found this volume invaluable even before I became one of Dr. Wallace's long-term lupus and FMS patients, and I can vouch for its usefulness. One of the few patient guides out there truly worth the money. If you're going to buy one book, and if you have lupus or know someone well who does have it, you should: buy this one.
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Summary: The Bible of LUPUS
Review: When I was first disgnoised with Lupus I read everything that I could find. This book is the one that helped me to understand my illness. The Lupus Book answers all of your questions you may have about Lupus. It also help you to understand what you are going through now and what to look for in the future. It tells you about the test that you will be having and explain them to you as well. If you have gained weight(which most of us have)it will show you how to catulate your weight. I enjoyed this book and I am going to buy it so I can referre back to it when I have complications. At the present time I go to the library. It also has helped me to start writing my own book. I am looking for someone to read and publish my book. Is there anyway you may be able to help me? Please e-mail me mgoodwyn@erols.com Mary B. Goodwyn
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