Just like most adults, those who have lupus also have the need to be loved, and to feel that they are desirable. It is difficult for a person with lupus to feel sexually attractive, or to feel “in the mood” for sex when they often feel fatigued or are in pain, are bloated or covered […]

Pregnancy often becomes an issue with young women who have Lupus. The disease often strikes during the childbearing years when most young women are planning to have babies. It is a real concern as Lupus is a chronic multi-symptom disease that affects the immune system.
Some of the more common concerns women have are:
Is it safe […]

One of the oddities concerning lupus is that the medical profession really does not know what the cause of it is. There are theories and there are conclusions based on what they think but they have not yet been able to conclusively link the disease to one particular cause or trigger. Research continues as doctors […]

Lupus is a disease that is not known by many people in society,  and cutaneous lupus is a problem that is even less well-known. In this article, we’ll provide the answers to some of the more commonly asked questions that you might have about cutaneous lupus.
Question: What are some of the ways that I can […]

One of the most serious issues with lupus is the damage that can be done to a person’s organs.  How extreme the damage is will be dependent on a couple of factors.  The first one will deal with how fast the illness is diagnosed. The quicker someone recognizes that the health issues they are dealing […]

There are so many questions that an individual needs to address when they find that they are afflicted with lupus. It can be a difficult period of time to deal with, and in this article, we will attempt to ease the transition by helping to answer some of the questions that people who have been […]

Lupus is a disease that by far affects more minority women than any other group of people. African American women are at least three and often four times as likely to suffer from lupus as their Caucasians counterparts. They usually develop the disease at an earlier age, with more severe symptoms that seem to be […]

Most people think of lupus as a woman’s disease and although to a degree this is true one must not forget that men can get lupus too. Not only do men get the disease less often they get it at different stages in their lives. Before a person has reached puberty there are likely to […]

To fight lupus a person must be prepared to take an assortment of medications based on their needs at that moment.  These can be broken down in several groups depending on what the purpose of the drug is. The average patient dealing with lupus can count on using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, commonly referred to as […]

Like many things that are scary and have unknowns that must be dealt with, lupus has a lot of mysteries surrounding it.  There are so many questions about causes and treatments. Because of this there are also many myths that have developed around this disease. It is time to dispel them so that the information […]