MDTV on Pregnancy and Lupus Lupus Diagnosis What It Means for Patients and Doctors
Lupus can be really hard to diagnose because it really presents very differently in almost every patient. Bonnie Lee Bermas, MD, Director of the Lupus Center at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Megan E. B. Clowse, MD, MPH, a Rheumatologist who specializes in Lupus and Pregnancy at Duke University, explain more. Watch this MDTV Learning Module (2) to learn more.
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Lupus is typically difficult to diagnose because it presents differently in almost every patient. Bonnie Lee Bermas, MD, Director of the Lupus Center at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Megan E. B. Clowse, MD, MPH, a Rheumatologist at Duke University, explained how while this makes it harder for rheumatologists to put the pieces together to form the diagnosis, there is a silver lining. This variety in disease presentation also means a range in disease activity and severity, so most Lupus patients can live a full life.
