What Is Systemic Lupus?
7. Quality of Life
Many symptoms of systemic lupus erythematosus can have a negative effect on your quality of life. However, most patients identify fatigue as the most significantly impactful. SLE can negatively affect not only your physical functioning but your social and mental functioning as well.
Severe SLE can affect your ability to earn your own living by working. Less than half of working-age patients report being employed. You are less likely to be in the workforce the longer you have lived with SLE.
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