How to Maintain Energy With Lupus

Lupus is a chronic inflammatory disease. It can affect various parts of your body, including your joints, skin, kidneys and blood. It's not a simple disease. You can't go through treatment or take a pill and be all better. Everyone reacts differently and has different symptoms. Most people feel tired, sore and have a severe lack of energy.

Instructions

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  Get enough rest. Make a schedule of your daily activities, spreading out the tasks you want to accomplish. Make sure to include time to nap. Slow down and stop what you're doing when you feel tired.

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  Rest before doing any hard work. Eliminate extras that may sap your energy. Maintaining your energy is essential to avoiding a flare.

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  Move more. Exercise is essential to keeping your energy up. Gentle aerobic activity, like walking, swimming or biking, should become routine.

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  Keep a diary tracking what you eat and how you feel. This will begin to show you connections between your energy and the foods you consume. Some combinations will make you tired because your body has trouble digesting them properly.

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  Take supplements to maintain your energy. Ginseng, malic acid, essential fatty acids, CoQ10, lecithin and L-carnitine will help.