Books on Lupus
If you or someone you care about is diagnosed with lupus, one of the best things that you can do is to educate yourself about the condition. There are a number of excellent books on lupus that can help you develop a much more thorough understanding of the condition.
Books on lupus of particular interest to those who have been recently diagnosed with lupus include:
Diagnosis Lupus: The Intimate Journal of a Lupus Patient by Marilyn Celeste Morris
Lupus: Everything You Need to Know, by Robert Lahita, MD and Robert Phillips, PhD.
Lupus Novice: Toward Self-Healing, by Laura Chester
Lupus Q&A: Everything You Need To Know, by Robert Lahita, M.D., Ph.D. and Robert Phillips, Ph.D.
The First Year -- Lupus: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed, by Nancy. C. Hanger
Books that can help patients and their families adapt to living with lupus include:
Coping With Lupus, by Robert H. Phillips, Ph.D.
Living with Lupus: The Complete Guide, by Sheldon Paul Blau, MD, FACP, FACR and Dodi Schultz
Lupus: A Patient's Guide, by Iris del Rio Quintero, M.D.
Lupus Book : A Guide for Patients and Their Families, by Daniel J. Wallace
Lupus: The Facts, by Graham Hughes
Books for those who are ready to learn how to manage living with lupus more effectively include:
Challenges of Lupus: Insights and Hope, by Henrietta Aladjem
Coping with Lupus: A Practical Guide to Alleviating the Challenges of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, by Robert Phillips, Ph.D. and Harry Spiera
Embracing the Wolf: A Lupus Victim and Her Family Learn to Live with Chronic Disease, by Joanna Baumer Permut
In Search of the Sun: A Woman’s Courageous Victory Over Lupus, by Henrietta Aladjem and Peter H. Schur, MD.
Living with Lupus: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Controlling Lupus While Getting on With Your Life, by Mark Horowitz and Marietta Abrams-Brill
Lupus: How to Beat it One Day at a Time, by Pamela Theresa Evans Felder-Wright
Positive Options for Living with Lupus: Self-Help and Treatment, by
Phillipa Pigache
Taking Charge of Lupus: How to Manage the Disease and Make the Most of Your Life, by Maureen Pratt and David Hallegua
Books for those interested in exploring holistic treatments for lupus include:
Building Wellness with DMG: How a Simple Nutrient Can Give Cancer, Autism and Lupus Patients a Second Chance at Health, by Roger Kendall and Adena Therrien
Health Journeys: A Guided Meditation to Help You with Rheumatoid Arthritis or Lupus, by Belleruth Naparstek
Lupus: Alternative Therapies that Work, by Sharon Moore
Lupus Underground: A Patient's Case for a Long-Ignored, Drug-Free, Non-Patentable, Counter-Intuitive Therapy That Actually Works, by Anthony DeBartolo
Books about dealing with side effects of lupus treatment and lupus complications that may arise include:
Coping With Prednisone: It May Work Miracles, But How Do You Handle the Side Effects, by Eugenia Zukerman and Julie Ingelfinger, M.D.
Lupus Nephritis, Edited by Edmund Lewis, Melvin Schwartz, and Stephen Korbet
The Official Patient's SourceBook on Lupus Nephritis, James N. Parker,
Books that can help children deal with chronic illness in themselves and in their parents include:
Loopy Lupus Helps Tell Scott’s Story About a Disease Called Lupus, by Scott (a child with lupus).
The Lupus Kid and Other Stories, by Robert Wendell
When Mom Gets Sick, by Rebecca Samuels
When Mommy Is Sick, by Ferne Sherkin-Langer and Kay Life
Young People and Chronic Illness, by Kelly Huegel, Elizabeth Verdick.
These are but a few of the many excellent published resources available that can help you become much more educated about how lupus affects patients and their families.
Remember that knowledge is the most powerful weapon when dealing with the impact of chronic illness on your body and on your family. Take advantage of these, and other, excellent resources so that you will be prepared to mitigate the negative impact lupus may have on your health and your family.
