Muni Long shares how lupus influences her everyday life

When the singer Muni Long doesn’t bless us with timeless hits, he fights lupus pain behind closed doors. Chronic autoimmune disease causes exacerbation that affects every person otherwise. For the 36-year-old, symptoms sometimes appear in her skin, she said in an exclusive interview.

“[People with lupus] You have small characters, right? Like my fingertips, blue will change. My skin will be really pale, “says Long. “I’ll start looking great white. It’s hard to imagine because I’m brown. But literally my skin becomes like a light, gray color. “

Around 1 out of 250 Black women will develop lupus during their lives and experience it more seriously. While Long can manage some flashes and proceed to occupy their day by day lives, some disrupt its entire schedule.

“Recently, I had to cancel my football performance in university football on January 18, because I had development because of some personal items,” Long explained.

The two -time Grammy winner also needed to take preventive measures in order that her lupus doesn’t negatively affect her ability to sing. When the singer joined Chris Brown as an opener to his route 11:11 last summer, she needed to take some means to stop her symptoms.

“Please, turn off the air when I come to the building. I am not a diva, but literally, if I am too cold, I start coughing and I will not be able to sing, “he divides Long. “And then, when I get off the stage, I have to lie down immediately and surround the covers and steam in hand.”

Despite the proven fact that he’s a star, Long faces similar challenges as other black women in regards to the healthcare system. Black women often encounter significant health differences in relation to other racial groups. This can fluctuate from receiving unfair treatment after ignoring when causing problems related to pain or discomfort.

“As a black woman, when I go to the doctor, they never listen,” said Long, asked how lupus influences her everyday. “They don’t believe you. It is difficult for them to say, “Hey, I’m in pain.” They are like: “Ok, cool. Go, get this blood work. “

She continued: “I am like:” OK, but it would take you per week [to get the results back.] I’m in tormenting pain. Is there anything you’ll be able to do? And then it just becomes something prefer it as in the event that they put your list away [something] For example: “Oh, you are asking for medicines.” It is in order that such difficult navigation with the way in which the healthcare system is configured. “

For now, the singer focuses on managing the extent of stress, because this may cause her flares.

“The point is that I really have to not let people stress me, which is difficult because people get into my nerves,” says Long with amusing. “So the best tool I have is just relaxing and not doing anything I don’t want to do. We make every effort to make sure that such things have not happened and before I enter the space, I can be as convenient as possible. “

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