Health professionals in Australia, particularly general practioners (GPs) still lack a basic knowledge of lupus, even some specialists treating the disease. This can result in years of suffering before a correct diagnosis and medical treatment is given. In many cases it has been too late. Many patients have died from lupus without knowing the nature of their disease.
How in Australia can health professionals not have basic knowledge of Lupus ? and how can some specialist not have basic knowledge of Lupus, if they don't have a basic knowledge of Lupus then they are not qualified to diagnosis Lupus, but the Australian Government allows these health professionals to diagnosis Lupus when they are not qualified to do so and this can have fatal consequences for some patients who have LUPUS (SLE) SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, about one person in every seven hundred people in Australia has some form of LUPUS.
I have Lupus (SLE) and you would not believe how many doctors in Australia do not have accurate knowledge of Lupus, this includes specialists, I have been told many times by doctors I have not got LUPUS (SLE) because it is not showing in my blood, this is totally WRONG, HOW CAN THESE DOCTORS BE ALLOWED TO DIAGNOSE LUPUS ? AND PUT LIFE AT RISK.
HERE IS THE FACT ABOUT LUPUS THAT MANY AUSTRALIAN DOCTOR'S DON'T KNOW, BUT SHOULD.
No single blood test can prove whether a person does or does not have lupus, the physician must take into consideration the complete medical history and all of the symptoms that the patient is experiencing, LUPUS FACT FROM MOLLYS FUND.
And also there is a CRITERIA FOR CLASSIFICATION LUPUS (SLE) THERE ARE 11 AND IF YOU HAVE 4 OR MORE OUT OF THE 11 THEN A DIAGNOSIS OF LUPUS (SLE) CAN BE MADE, you can find all this on www.mollysfund.org and also on the Australian sight at: http://www.lupus-sle.org/how-to-diagnose-lupus.html SO WHY DON'T AUSTRALIAN DOCTORS KNOW THIS ?
You cannot simply be tested for lupus, just to check if you have it or not. Lupus will not show in tests results, without symptoms. Even though lupus is a chronic disease, which you will have for the rest of your life, if the symptoms are not present at the time there is a good chance that results will be negative, even if you have the disease. AND AUSTRALIAN DOCTORS DON'T SEEM TO KNOW THIS ALSO BECAUSE THEY DONT HAVE ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE OF LUPUS.
