Imagine your body attacking itself. That’s what happens with lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease affecting millions worldwide. Lupus Alert Day is a chance to shine a spotlight on this condition.

The cause of lupus has long escaped doctors trying to treat the autoimmune disease. However, a study published this week identified a cause of lupus based on molecular defects in patients' blood.

In a 21-year-old woman with early-onset cutaneous tumid lupus, a form of lupus affecting the skin, the team in this study found a mutation — p.Thr93Ile — in one copy of the UNC93B1 gene. The woman’s ...

Grammy nominated singer Halsey revealed in a social media post Tuesday she has privately been battling a chronic autoimmune illness, hinting that she has been struggling with Lupus and cancer ...

Tumid lupus is a rare form of cutaneous lupus erythematosus. It causes a person to develop smooth, nonscarring pimples on their skin. These pimples are often pink-to-violet in color. Lupus is a ...

Intermittent CLE is more commonly known as tumid lupus erythematosus (TLE) or lupus timidus. Previously, scientists considered TLE to be another type of CCLE. TLE is a rare type of lupus that can ...

All of these experiences may be heightened among people with lupus, a complex autoimmune condition that tends to arise unexpectedly and in relatively young patients. The unpredictable and highly ...

The case study involved just one patient: a 20-year-old woman with severe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). But the study’s results were so dramatic that they appeared in 2021 in the New ...

Patient 2: Anifrolumab demonstrated rapid improvement in generalised discoid lupus, achieving a substantial reduction in CLASI-A from 40 to 8. Patient 3: Switching from belimumab to anifrolumab led to ...