Health Tip: Help Avoid a Lupus Flare: MedlinePlus

Health Tip: Help Avoid a Lupus Flare: MedlinePlus

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Health Tip: Help Avoid a Lupus Flare

Take steps to limit stress

URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_126603.html (*this news item will not be available after 09/23/2012)

By Diana Kohnle

Monday, June 25, 2012

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(HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health suggests how to help control lupus:

• Learn to recognize when a flare-up is imminent.
• Get plenty of rest and try not to push yourself too hard.
• Try to control stress.
• Limit exposure to sunlight and halogen or fluorescent lights.
• Be careful to avoid injury or infection.
• Don't stop taking lupus medications unless your doctor says so.
• Exercise moderately, but get your doctor's approval first.
• Talk to your doctor about any other medications you are taking to see if any could trigger a lupus flare-up.

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