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It's Heating Up Outside, and Still Freezing Inside: The Importance of Adaptive Clothing Throughout the Year

It's Heating Up Outside, and Still Freezing Inside: The Importance of Adaptive Clothing Throughout the Year

Finally, spring. Everyone is casting off coats, soaking up rays, and storing away winter apparel. Everyone but us people with chronic illness, that is. We are smarter. We are aware that no matter what the weather app says, we still...

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Why Are My Allergies Worse? How Autoimmune Diseases Affect Allergic Reactions

Why Are My Allergies Worse? How Autoimmune Diseases Affect Allergic Reactions

Oh, spring. Sunshine, flowers, and... tissues. Lots of tissues. For us folks dealing with autoimmune issues, the beginning of allergy season tends to bring a specific kind of woe. That singular bout of sneezing has become a seven-day orchestra of...

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10 Things You Can Do While Getting an IV Infusion

10 Things You Can Do While Getting an IV Infusion

Written by: Amanda Phillips It could be that you have to sit and receive some kind of medicine infusion, which takes several hours at times, or even more. Staying in one position for such an extended period takes a lot...

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Tips and Tricks from a Nurse-Turned-Autoimmune Disease Patient

Tips and Tricks from a Nurse-Turned-Autoimmune Disease Patient

Being a patient is never easy, but being a patient after having been a nurse has been a whole different reality. I never thought I would ever be on the other side of the bedrail, but since being diagnosed with...

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