If ever you need the raw, unadulterated truth about living with lupus, you should attend diverse support group meetings. Make sure they are diverse and have a member or two with characteristics similar to yours, such as age, gender, symptoms, lifestyle, culture, and status. These lupus support group discussions…
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Every year, as winter begins to fade away and the first hot day takes root, I feel a quiet anxiety about what comes next. For many people, spring is like a rebirth. It brings longer evenings, more sunshine, and the promise of beach trips, boat days, and outdoor concerts. But…
A combination of two simple lab tests may provide a noninvasive, more reliable way to assess disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) — the most common form of the autoimmune disorder lupus — and detect early kidney involvement, a study suggested. Researchers found that blood levels of galectin-9,…
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.
