Lupus is often marked by flares, which is when symptoms are usually more obvious.

A lupus "flare" or "flare up" is when your lupus symptoms worsen and you feel ill as a result. The formal definition of a flare is: A measurable increase in disease activity in one or more organ ...

Miriam Karanja. She was diagnosed with lupus in 2015. [File, Standard] Miriam Karanja talks to Nancy Nzau about her diagnosis with lupus in 2015 and the condition being a significant turning point in ...

A case of lupus nephritis in a patient with chronic HCV This study reports the long-term renal outcomes of kidney biopsies performed at prespecified intervals to determine the safety and accuracy of ...

Tapering glucocorticoids (GCs) does not increase the risk for flare in modified serologically active clinically quiescent (mSACQ) patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with a low daily ...

Lupus affects women at disproportionately high rates— roughly 9 out of 10 patients are female —and research consistently ...

For people living with lupus, pain can be one of the most persistent and difficult symptoms to manage. But the good news is that a combination of medical treatments, lifestyle changes and ...

It’s a bone-a-fide mystery. Joint pain, hair loss and fatigue are clues that can point to various conditions. One in particular has been throwing people for a loop even as 16,000 new US cases are ...