does lupus kill you

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Lupus is a lifelong disorder of the immune system in which immune cells attack the body's own healthy tissues, causing inflammation and tissue damage.

There's good news on the lupus front these days, though, most people living with lupus should expect to live a normal life span!

Lupus.org suggests that 80%-90% of people with the disease can expect to live out the rest of their lives, 15, 25, even 40+ years; lupus is not universally fatal!

CNN.com offers 11 tips for living with lupus.

Updated on Wednesday, June 11 2014 at 04:26PM EDT
Source: www.lupus.org/...
Collection: lupus 

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