I’ve learned a lot in my 25 years of living with lupus, but one lesson my body insists on teaching me over and over again is that sleep is not optional. Apparently, my immune system has very strong opinions about bedtime. One or two nights of terrible sleep is…
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation to EG-501, an experimental oral therapy being developed by Evergreen Therapeutics to treat cognitive impairment associated with neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE-CI), a form of lupus that’s marked by neurological problems. The FDA’s fast track…
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Living with lupus has taught me that the wellness journey doesn’t just include following a rigorous treatment plan. It is a journey of finding ways to adjust and live — not just survive — a life that has been flipped sideways with chronic pain and erratic, life-threatening flares. There…
Lupus is an autoimmune inflammatory disease that can affect multiple systems in the body.
While the cause of lupus is often unknown, it is possibly due to a combination of genetics and the environment.
Lupus affects people in different ways, and symptoms vary among patients. Symptoms come and go during periods called flares.
