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Life after lupus: Diagnosed at 15, this young S’pore mum gave birth to a baby boy
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Lupus patient Nur Amalina Norraimi with her son, Shayaan Aniq Syaifulbahari, who was born in January. She had worried that her condition might not allow her to start a family.
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SINGAPORE – Ms Nur Amalina Norraimi was 15 when she began to get unexplained fever and headaches almost every day for months.
Once an avid netball player at Hillgrove Secondary School, she found herself taking frequent rest breaks because “my body was very weak”. Rashes would appear on her face and arms if she went out in the sun without sunscreen.
