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There is so much more to lupus than meets the eye. I mean literally, lupus can meet your eyes and have an effect on them. Not only can the medicines...

A new international study published in the journal Rheumatology has shown that vitamin D deficiency may be linked to metabolic syndrome in lupus. Vitamin D is an important hormone for...

The stigma of explaining lupus to others can be overwhelming sometimes because they don’t know what you go through daily. I have some people that call me most of the...

Do you ever feel like you aren’t well as you battle lupus? Does it feel like everything is coming at you all at once and just wearing you down? At...

The quality of life becomes precious to anyone from birth to old age, but when you have a condition that attacks your norm, everything becomes more serious. I find myself...

Inflammation caused by lupus can impact all parts of your body, even your bones. One common health condition that happens along with lupus is the bone disease avascular necrosis. When...

Have you ever felt guilty for not being able to do something because of lupus? Has your guilt caused you some undue stress? How about just being hard on yourself...

When I first became sick with lupus, I was a twenty-year-old college student majoring in music performance. My life was filled with books and exams, orchestra rehearsals, and practicing the...

Owning a handicap sticker should not cause you to feel shame. Some disabilities are not visible, so sometimes others will think you don’t deserve that spot as much as they...

As the saying goes, lupus invites all its friends to the party – or in this case, the body. Our 2nd Lupus In America survey gave us a more detailed...

There are different seasons for different clothing’s but especially for people living with lupus. I learned that a long time ago when I started to have discoid lupus. When I...

Oh, you have lupus? What is that, cancer? I knew someone that had that and she didn’t take all those medications you take. She just ate vegetables and was fine...

I was first diagnosed with lupus, an autoimmune disease when I was 22. But like many people with invisible illnesses, it took a long time to finally figure out why...

I met someone with lupus today, and I will not disclose her name for her privacy, but she told me that I could tell her story. Domestic violence is a...

It was 11 pm on a Friday night, and I was stalking the frozen food section of my local grocery store. Like King Arthur searching for the Holy Grail, I...

Lupus being genetic is a real thing. My mother also has lupus but my sisters have not been diagnosed with it. My middle sister has been experiencing symptoms of it...

What is fibromyalgia? Is it a disorder, a syndrome, an autoimmune disease, or a neurological condition? Is it a result of carrying too much extra weight? I certainly don’t agree...

People with lupus can have other autoimmune diseases. One or more other autoimmune diseases appeared in 30 percent of people with lupus in a study published in 2000. Further research...

I now completely understand the reasons why I chose female OBGYN’s instead of males. I used to not understand why until I met a man and completely stopped going to...

The year of the pandemic has brought us few experiences outside of our homes, but certainly many new words and phrases. "Zooming," "lockdown," and "work from home" have all become...