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Nine times out of 10, when you are having a flare-up, they start to attack your joints first. Sometimes you can’t notice the symptoms because it seems like a normal...

For over 50 years, there were only 3 FDA approved drugs for lupus: hydroxychloroquine, corticosteroids, and aspirin. Other medications, such as immunosuppressants and chemotherapy, have been used off-label to successfully...

Lupus can present with many different symptoms and experiences. No two paths with lupus are the same. Differences in severity of symptoms, age of symptom onset, time to diagnosis, and...

Summer. The time I year I bask in the sun. I am one of the lucky ones, even with all the medications I take, I do not have sun sensitivity...

Do you know what my husband needs? A hug. A reassuring hand on his arm. A gentle back rub. All simple physical gestures, and all too frequently beyond my ability...

Everyone living with lupus is different. However, I have found that making a few changes to my diet has helped improve my health. In my experience, my lupus improves when...

Undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) is a term given to an autoimmune disease affecting the connective tissue. Autoimmune diseases occur when your body’s defense system, the immune system, is too...

“But you don’t look sick,” is what so many people living with lupus are told. Our 2020 Lupus In America survey revealed what it is like to live with a...

Editor’s note: This is the second article in a 2-part series. The first is “The Unlikely Story of a Lucky Diagnosis, Part 1” I was diagnosed with stage 4 lupus...

Please do not take this as the standard stiffness all of us with psoriatic arthritis usually experience first thing in the mornings. I want to talk more about being active...

Not only do symptoms of lupus vary widely, so does the length of time that symptoms stay present. Symptoms such as brain fog, seizures, alopecia, and rashes may show up...

Psoriatic arthritis can change how you live your life every single day. This condition is the center of the wheel that outreaches to all different aspects of life: physical and...

People who have chronic health conditions like ankylosing spondylitis (AS) or other similar diseases might be advised by their regular doctor or primary care physician to see a specialist known...

As someone living with lupus, there are times you have an urgent matter that needs immediate attention. When your doctor is not available to see you, the ER or urgent...

Looking at Facebook on my phone, I see a post that reads, “What would you do if you had a glimpse for one hour of where your life would be...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, telehealth is being used by more and more people. Telehealth is also sometimes called telemedicine or virtual care. Whether you have been using telehealth for...

Results from the 2019 RA In America Survey showed that 61 percent of survey participants living with RA experienced brain fog within the last month of taking the survey. Along...

When you live with ankylosing spondylitis, the pain is constant. Not to mention the brain fog, extreme fatigue, stiffness, trouble sleeping, and more. Many people who live with AS also...

The thing about living with a sometimes-invisible disease is that it sort of feels like it's you against the world. You're living with this secret, this shadow, this double-life —...

The technology needed for virtual healthcare has been around for decades. But virtual care has not been widely used in the United States until recently. The recent public health emergency...