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As Black women, we’re the backbones of the family—we tackle the responsibility of family, friends, and our communities. We are also disproportionally impacted by lupus—and our relationships are the middle of our battle with this disease.
Based on an NIH study, African-Americans within the U.S. have three to 4 times greater prevalence of lupus, risk of developing lupus at an earlier age and lupus-related disease activity, damage and mortality compared with Caucasians, with the very best rates experienced by Black women. A chronic autoimmune disease, lupus can affect any a part of the body (skin, joints and/or organs contained in the body), in accordance with Lupus.org. With lupus, your immune system cannot tell the difference between “foreign invaders,”...
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