Currently reading: Escort-in-Chief: Through the Eyes of a Physician by Dr Bundi Karau 📚 pg28
when I saw her, all her manifestations appeared to fit a jigsaw puzzle. She had systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Lupus is an autoimmune disease that affects almost all organs in the body. Antibodies are misdirected at body organs, ravaging the skin, joints, internal organs like lungs, kidneys and the brain.
“This is most probably lupus,” I told her.
“But we need a battery of tests to confirm the diagnosis,” I added as she looked at me, unbothered by what I thought was a bombshell.
The enormity of the diagnosis was not apparent to Jane. Sometimes it is the doctor who must bear the burden of grieving a difficult diagnosis because the patient is shielded from it by inadequate knowledge.