CureMyWife.com - A support network for women with chronic illness and pain » Lupus http://www.curemywife.com/blog Learn about lupus, coccyydynia, fibromyalgia, arthritis, depression, mixed connective tissue disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain, coccygectomy, atrial fibrillation, autoimmune disorders, migraine headaches Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:42:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Living with Chronic Illness and Pain is like Having a Baby http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/living-with-chronic-illness-and-pain-is-like-having-a-baby/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/living-with-chronic-illness-and-pain-is-like-having-a-baby/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:57:17 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=18567 Those of us who have been blessed enough to have children know the complete joy that one has for them. The unbridled love we have for these crazy offspring seems to defy logic to the point that we would actually throw ourselves in front of a herd of stampeding water buffalo to protect them. The [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/living-with-chronic-illness-and-pain-is-like-having-a-baby/feed/ 0 My wife is a flower: Living with chronic illness and pain http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/my-wife-is-a-flower-living-with-chronic-illness-and-pain/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/my-wife-is-a-flower-living-with-chronic-illness-and-pain/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:24:27 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=15652 We’ve all had a little bump or bruise at one time or another – bonked our knee on a coffee table or received a scratch from a branch. As regular people, we normally don’t give it a second thought and expect to heal within days… some of us within seconds. Unless our injury is something [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/my-wife-is-a-flower-living-with-chronic-illness-and-pain/feed/ 1 Alliance for Lupus Research Furthers Commitment to Finding a Cure http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/alliance-for-lupus-research-furthers-commitment-to-finding-a-cure/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/alliance-for-lupus-research-furthers-commitment-to-finding-a-cure/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:34:51 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=559 It seems that lupus is starting to gain more traction in the news these days as there has been another great announcement.

The Alliance for Lupus Research (ALR) – the world’s largest private funder of lupus research – today announced its most recent medical research grant awards, totaling $3.6 million, which support the ALR mission [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/alliance-for-lupus-research-furthers-commitment-to-finding-a-cure/feed/ 0 Help for patients with complex chronic diseases in British Columbia http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/help-for-patients-with-complex-chronic-diseases-in-british-columbia/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/help-for-patients-with-complex-chronic-diseases-in-british-columbia/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:11:13 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=272 VICTORIA – A $2-million provincial clinical and research study will help patients with a variety of complex chronic diseases, such as chronic Lyme disease, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome, with screening, diagnosis and treatment.

There is a variety of debilitating complex chronic diseases where the cause is unknown, but where it is strongly suspected that [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/help-for-patients-with-complex-chronic-diseases-in-british-columbia/feed/ 0 FDA Approves First New Lupus Drug in 56 Years http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/fda-approves-first-new-lupus-drug-in-56-years/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/fda-approves-first-new-lupus-drug-in-56-years/#comments Sat, 26 Mar 2011 07:12:46 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=255 The Food and Drug Administration recently approved Benlysta (belimumab) to treat patients with active, autoantibody-positive lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus) who are receiving standard therapy, including corticosteroids, antimalarials, immunosuppressives, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Prior to Benlysta, FDA last approved drugs to treat lupus, Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine) and corticosteroids, in 1955. Aspirin was approved to treat lupus in [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/fda-approves-first-new-lupus-drug-in-56-years/feed/ 0 How Badly Does It Hurt? Research Examines the Biomedical Diagnosis of Pain for lupus, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/how-badly-does-it-hurt-research-examines-the-biomedical-diagnosis-of-pain-for-lupus-fibromyalgia-and-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/how-badly-does-it-hurt-research-examines-the-biomedical-diagnosis-of-pain-for-lupus-fibromyalgia-and-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/#comments Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:53:01 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=223 Is the science of diagnosing pain causing a number of pain sufferers to defend their honor? Research out of the University of Cincinnati is examining the diagnosis of pain that evades scientific testing, and the additional emotional suffering that can result for the patient.

The research by Elizabeth Sweeney, a doctoral candidate in UC’s Department [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/how-badly-does-it-hurt-research-examines-the-biomedical-diagnosis-of-pain-for-lupus-fibromyalgia-and-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/feed/ 0 Benlysta (belimumab): A New Lupus Medication on the Horizon http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/benlysta-belimumab-a-new-lupus-medication-on-the-horizon/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/benlysta-belimumab-a-new-lupus-medication-on-the-horizon/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:15:28 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=200 On July 20, 2009, Human Genome Sciences and GlaxoSmithKline announced positive results from their Phase-III, double-blind, placebo-controlled lupus clinical trial.

This 52-week study, also known as BLISS-52, enrolled 865 patients in 13 countries outside North America and randomized active lupus patients to 10mg/kg active drug (Belimumab, also known as Benlysta), 1 [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/benlysta-belimumab-a-new-lupus-medication-on-the-horizon/feed/ 0 Lupus Research Investigator Says Breakthrough Holds Potential For New Treatment To Quiet Lupus http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/lupus-research-investigator-says-breakthrough-holds-potential-for-new-treatment-to-quiet-lupus/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/lupus-research-investigator-says-breakthrough-holds-potential-for-new-treatment-to-quiet-lupus/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:44:41 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=176 Researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston have identified a new type of cell in mice that dampens the immune system and protects the animal’s own cells from immune system attack.

This “suppressor” cell reduces the production of harmful antibodies that can drive lupus and other autoimmune diseases in which the immune system mistakenly [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/lupus-research-investigator-says-breakthrough-holds-potential-for-new-treatment-to-quiet-lupus/feed/ 0 The Four Different Categories of Lupus http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/the-four-different-categories-of-lupus/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/the-four-different-categories-of-lupus/#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:47:04 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=149 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/the-four-different-categories-of-lupus/feed/ 0 Causes of lupus – systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2009/causes-of-lupus/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2009/causes-of-lupus/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:45:42 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=89 Lupus is still a pretty mysterious condition. There are many theories floating around as to causes of lupus but, just like other autoimmune conditions, there isn’t really a solid answer. Here are a few suggestions as to the causes of lupus.

Genes

No gene or group of genes has been proven to cause lupus. Lupus [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2009/causes-of-lupus/feed/ 1