People with lupus are at an increased risk of depression. Lupus is a chronic condition with recurring symptoms that can ...

When Aleta was first diagnosed with lupus, she wasn’t ready to share her diagnosis with anyone beyond her closest family and ...

The immediate need is to achieve control of the inflammatory process. For the vast majority of lupus flares the initial treatment has to be systemic glucocorticoids. For most manifestations ...

Interferon-alpha activity may be used routinely in clinical settings as a biomarker for cutaneous lupus erythematosus and ...

The UMass Chan Medical School Lupus Center suggests that pain during a lupus flare can contribute to sleep disturbances. However, a small 2024 study suggests that the severity of pain in the ...

People with lupus may not look sick, even in the midst of a lupus flare-up, when symptoms are worse or new ones are appearing. Boone, the president of the Lupus Foundation of Arkansas, was ...

Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that disproportionately affects racial and ethnically minoritized populations, ...

The event raised awareness for those with lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease that leads the body’s immune system to attack ...

Topical mupirocin helps reduce inflammation in lupus, offering a potential new approach for managing symptoms and improving ...

Interferon-alpha activity may be used routinely in clinical settings as a biomarker for cutaneous lupus erythematosus and disease flares, according to a study. Children with lupus nephritis who ...

However, for the vast majority of lupus flares the initial treatment has to be systemic glucocorticoids. For most manifestations, prednisone at 0.25–0.5 mg/kg body weight (or equivalent ...