The scars on her face force Katrina Bosma to consider beauty. They are faint and obscured by a layer of makeup. But they are symptoms of a lifelong disease the Whitworth University freshman lives with. “Some people say people who wear makeup are so self-conscious,” Bosma said. “Well, I wear it because I have scars on my face.” Bosma has lupus. An autoimmune disease, lupus tricks the body into believing it’s allergic to itself. The body then attacks itself as if fighting a virus. People with lupus often feel tired and run-down. “When I have a flare-up I’m so tired that if I’m laying down, getting up is a lot of effort,” Bosma said. “A lot of people call it the lupus fog”/Eli Francovich, SR. More here.

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Question: Do you or someone you know have lupus?

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