Learning the facts about lupus can mean the difference between early treatment and serious complications that impact quality ...

Alexandra Marcela When Alexandra Marcela was diagnosed with lupus at age 20 ... that her symptoms included blood clots in her legs, rashes on her face and hives all over her body.

Lupus is a chronic disease. This means that anyone who develops lupus will ... and because of that it affects each person differently. Lupus can cause a mild skin rash or achy joints, or can involve ...

Lupus is an autoimmune disease where the body’s immune system attacks its own tissues and organs, causing inflammation and ...

Beyond skin rashes that can develop, exposure to the sun can cause those living with lupus to experience increased disease activity with symptoms such as joint pains, weakness, fatigue and fever.

To some extent malar rashes can be identified as an early sign,” he added. Those suffering from lupus are also more ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a disease where the immune system ... This sensitivity can result in ulcers and rashes on sun-exposed skin. These rashes, typically affecting the face ...

Assistant Professor Andrew Monteith's lab in the Department of Microbiology is documenting how key immune cells detect ...

Caragh Keane, 29, was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease that causes joint pain, skin rashes and tiredness four years ago when she was just 25.

This week we are going to discuss one of the many rheumatologic diseases specific systemic lupus ... know suffers from tremendous fatigue, facial rashes, joint pain and other connective tissue ...

Yale scientists have discovered a promising way to trigger immune responses against certain tumors, using a lupus-related antibody that can slip, undetected, into "cold" tumors and flip on an immune ...

New research suggests the use of oral prednisone should be limited in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus with a history of recurrent pericarditis.