Rheumatoid arthritis can come with many different co-morbidities, including Lupus. Lupus is a chronic auto-immune disorder that affects the skin, joints and kidneys among other organs. It symptoms can include fatigue, hair loss, mouth sores and general chest pain.
We didn’t realize just how ill my mother was. As my mother walked into the emergency department, her shockingly low hemoglobin (Hb) level was 3.5 g/dL. Normal hemoglobin levels for a woman range from 12.0 to 16.0 g/dL. The nurse confided that she had never seen such low hemoglobin in a person who was conscious much less…
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