The Lupus Book: A Guide for Patients and Their Families

by Daniel J. Wallace

Book Overview

Lupus, a disease of the immune system, can be quite deadly, claiming the lives of thousands of patients yearly. Dr. Daniel J. Wallace is one of the world's leading authorities on this disorder, an eminent clinician who has treated over 2000 lupus patients, the largest such practice in America. His The Lupus Book, originally published in 1995, immediately established itself as the most readable and helpful book on the disease.
Now Dr. Wallace...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195181816
• ISBN13: 9780195181814
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

A must-read for all lupus patients

A very comprehensive book that covers different organ systems that lupus can affect. The information is updated and enables the readers to discuss intelligently with theirs doctor about the symptoms and treatments. The author successfully conveys complex medical information in layman terms. The book is rich in contents but should not be difficult to understand for anyone. All lupus patients and their familities should add this book to their lupus literature collection.

The BEST book out there so far!

I was just diagnosed this year with lupus and let me tell you, I was reading everything I could on lupus and when I ordered this book and read it in less than 1 day I felt so much better about my disease because this book helps you understand it, it is clear and concise. I feel after reading this book that I have at least better understanding and that is what we all need. I have passed the book onto my family members to read as well. VERY informative book.

GET IT!!

My Rheumatolgist recommended this book and I finally took his advice. This is the most comprehensive, easy to understand book on lupus I have ever read.. AND most importantly, it is not depressing. I feel empowered after reading this book. The section on lab results is very informative..I would recommend this to anybody curious about lupus.

(Drum Roll Please) This Book Saved My Life!

I have had lupus for at least 20 years and have been diagnosed for 12 of those years. I have a good amount of knowledge of the disease and have been professionally employed as a health educator for rheumatic diseases in the past. I have also been a rheumatic diseases support group leader since 1986. But what good is knowledge when you are too ill to use it? People who have the symptom of severe fatigue, as well as those who share my experience with lupus cognitive impairment problems, will understand what I mean. I was having shortness of breath and knew that trouble breathing is big trouble. I was being treated in a managed care setting with antibiotics. I had also been taken off my medications to see if drug allergies were causing breathing problems, and it was proposed that this be tried again even though I only got sicker the first time. I was told I might have acute lupus pneumonitis and when I saw some of my own test results I knew this is what I had. But I wasn't sure what to do about it! My steroids were being decreased and I was getting worse. A paragraph in Dr. Wallace's book leapt out at me, telling me that (page 85) "If it is properly managed with high doses of steroids, [acute lupus pneumonitis] can be completely reversible...Despite this, it is unfortunate that up to 50 percent of patients with ALP die within months, often due to a delay in diagnosis". Well, folks, I happen to know Dr. Wallace and hightailed to Beverly Hills to see him ASAP. I did have ALP and I would have been in a box underground soon enough if I didn't get treatment, which obviously I did or I wouldn't be here writing this review. Enough said! Get the book.