As a parent, there’s a lot you can do to help your child with lupus. Learning as much as you can about the disease is an important first step. Lupus is a chronic (long-term) disease that can cause ...

A total of 15–20% of cases of SLE are diagnosed in children younger than 16 years (childhood-onset lupus). Although there have been few studies directly comparing childhood- to adult-onset lupus ...

At the turn of the 21st century, the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder among American children was roughly 1 in 150. That’s according to data collected by the Autism and Developmental ...

A kidney condition known as lupus nephritis occurs in over 50% of patients with SLE. Although SLE is not as common in children as it is in adults, the disease is often more aggressive in children.

One woman learned about the extra challenges of having the autoimmune disease lupus while expecting her first child.

Australian and Chinese researchers have jointly discovered a genetic key to the development of the devastating autoimmune condition childhood lupus. In people with lupus the body's immune system ...

Article continues below Consultant paediatric rheumatologist Professor Michael Beresford explained: “Childhood lupus is a condition where the body’s immune system reacts for some reason ...

Lupus in children can be more severe than in adults, as there may be more organ involvement. However, there are treatments available that can reduce the effects of lupus symptoms. Systemic lupus ...

[63] Assessing Disease Activity, Disease Severity & Cumulative Disease Damage in Childhood- & Adult-onset SLE Fewer patients die from lupus and there is an overall increased life expectancy.

In a 2015 study in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatology, a group of Canadian researchers found that children born to women with systemic lupus erythematosus were nearly twice as likely to ...

A kidney condition known as lupus nephritis occurs in over 50 percent of patients with SLE. Although SLE is not as common in children as is is in adults, the disease is often more aggressive in ...