If you live with lupus, you’ve probably asked yourself the same question I’ve asked hundreds of times: “Why did these symptoms suddenly appear?” Sometimes the answer was obvious. Other times, it felt like lupus symptoms had crashed into my life without warning. What I’ve learned over the past…
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Disruption of a natural process called X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) in immune B-cells — occurring when one X chromosome in females is turned off during development — may directly contribute to the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), two new studies led by a veterinary professor suggest. According to Montserrat…
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There is a term used often in publishing and media to acknowledge when a community, a niche group, or a marginalized people are included within a broader context of an issue or story. When an author is inclusive of a person or a group, it is intentional “representation.” We are…
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.
