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**General**
[|Chronic Illness] Teen and diseases (general) -relating to the inability to relate to peers, and coping

**Asthma**
[|Asthma and teens] -connection w/ allergies. About 7 million kids and teens in the United States have it. [|Asthma] [|Asthma: Fiction or Fact] [|Asthma; info (2003)] [|Asthma symptoms] [|Asthma, more symptoms] [|Asthma in teens]-affects 17 million Americans and nearly 5 million children

[|Diabetes and teens] -connection w/ other health issues later in life, ie- high blood pressure [|Relation to obese teens] [|Teens trying to cope] [|Lots of information] -Diabetes affects 25.8 million people of all ages; 8.3 percent of the U.S. population -DIAGNOSED 18.8 million people -UNDIAGNOSED 7.0 million people [|Stress Diabetes] http://thehealthyskeptic.org/10-ways-stress-makes-you-fat-and-diabetic
 * Diabetes**
 * not extremely common in teens, as 45-64years
 * Medical costs are almost double of those with out diabetes.
 * Risk for stroke is 2-4 times higher for those who have diabetes.

[|Arthritis] : About 285,000 kids and teens in the United States have some form of arthritis
 * Arthritis**

[|Lupus]: affecting 1.5 million Americans [|The Lupus Foundation] [|Book]
 * Lupus**


 * Unlike the other chronic conditions listed above, lupus does not have the same awareness. This hinders the amount of interest* (for lack of a better word) doctors have to study lupus; resulting in a lack of accessible information to potential suffers of this illness.
 * ^ Most people know what they causes are of these other conditions are, or how to spot them. However, doctors still aren't sure what causes lupus or how it can be prevented/or if it can be prevented. - Though the FDA approved Benlysta, that is proven to help maintain the symptoms of lupus-there still isn't a drug that provides help to the greater population of those living with lupus.

[|Depression]
 * Relation to chronic illness:**