The Lose You to Love Me singer revealed her lupus diagnosis in October 2015 and received a kidney transplant in September 2017. I have lupus and deal with kidney issues and high blood pressure, so I deal with a lot of health issues, and for me thats when I really started noticing more of the body image stuff, Selena explained on the podcast. Due to her medication, her body changes month to month. I dont care to expose myself to everyone and hear what they have to say about it, Selena said.
Its the medication I have to take for the rest of my lifeit depends on even the month, to be honest, she said. So for me, I really noticed when people started attacking me for that. And in reality, thats just my truth. I fluctuate. It depends whats happening in my life.
Unexplained weight loss is one of the signs and symptoms of lupus . Others include a butterfly-shaped rash on one's face, joint pain, shortness of breath, kidney problems, seizures, anemia, fatigue, and fever. Though symptoms don't occur all the time, it's a lifelong disease.
There is extended remission where, for all intents and purposes, we might think weve cured the disease in some individuals, but there is no cure, Jill Buyon , M.D. the director of the Division of Rheumatology and Lupus Center at NYU Langone Health, previously told Women's Health. The most common treatment, she said, is Plaquenil, or hydroxychloroquine, "an anti-malarial that has anti-inflammatory properties and is extremely well tolerated by most people."