Researchers at the University of Buffalo (my alma mater) just received money to explore the connections between lupus and working memory deficits.
Researchers Track Basis of Cognitive Deficits in Lupus - UB NewsCenter
Here is an excerpt from the report:
"As many as 66 to 80 percent of all individuals with SLE have been reported to exhibit cognitive deficits. Recent studies suggest that the most frequently observed cognitive deficits are in the areas of attention, speed of information processing, learning (encoding) and working memory," said Shucard.
To put this in simple terms... when we forget things, even while we are in the middle of doing something... that's the lupus. When we have trouble paying attention... that's the lupus.
Scientists have realized that these problems are not able to be measured by current diagnostic tools, but they know something is there.
My hope is that at the very least the next generation that follows behind us will not have to suffer through years of being invalidated by the medical professions because they have been unable to record what those of us with lupus (and our loved ones) know is a blatant deficit in our cognitive (thinking) abilities.
No wonder we are so gosh darn tired all of the time!
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