Flare and persistently active disease are prevalent in a multinational cohort study of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, with some having persistently active disease without flare.

Common symptoms of lupus Lupus symptoms often appear during flare-ups, says Pamela Tambini, MD, physician and medical director at Engage Wellness.

For decades, believing that the estrogen in the pills could trigger flare-ups, doctors had “a complete prohibition against oral contraceptives” for lupus patients, Petri said.

Cautious tapering of glucocorticoids might be feasible even in serologically active clinically quiescent patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Lupus is an autoimmune disease that is chronic in nature and tends to confuse us as laymen due to its multi-symptom approach.

Nightmares Could Be an Early Sign of This Disease Published in the journal eClinicalMedicine, a recent study found that vivid nightmares may be an early warning sign for lupus flare-ups.

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 ...

In contrast to relapsing‐remitting patterns, persistently active disease (PAD) is a disease activity pattern in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that is inadequately studied. We ...

Living with lupus can affect your social, emotional, and financial wellbeing. But there are things you can do to cope with lupus and get the support you need.

Sometimes, a major lupus flare-up can dictate an entire live performance. “I recently had to cancel my college football playoff performance on January 18th because I had a flare-up due to some ...