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 ...

Lupus & You is a free educational series where people with lupus and their family and friends can learn more about the latest in lupus research and managing the disease. Here’s a summary of the most ...

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 ...

SLE flares continue to occur after ESKD in a substantial subset of patients, warranting closer monitoring. Extrarenal lupus flares continue to occur in more than one-third of patients with end-stage ...

In an exploratory analysis, obinutuzumab treatment significantly reduced the risk for lupus nephritis flare and unfavorable kidney outcomes compared with placebo. Obinutuzumab significantly reduces ...

More than 50% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) experienced flare and nearly 50% had persistently active disease, whereas some had persistently active disease without flare. Both ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For many women living with lupus, the hardest part of the disease isn’t learning the diagnosis, it’s learning how much suffering ...

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“Preconception counseling allows women who have lupus to discuss their personal health with their doctor to assess risks based on how lupus has affected her thus far,” says Larry Matsumoto, MD, ...