Singer Muni Long details living with lupus and how she struggles with symptoms in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE.

But literally my skin will turn like a light, ashy color.” Around 1 in 250 Black women will develop lupus during their lifetime and will experience it more severely. While Long can manage some ...

Medically reviewed by Riteesha G. Reddy, MD Lupus and hives sometimes go together, but only in about 10% of lupus cases. Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease with a long list of symptoms that affect ...

This Black History Month, we are focusing on individuals’ lupus stories and how this ‘invisible’ disease affects people’s outward appearance with skin issues and hair loss. Nadine Kidd's lupus journey ...

Black patients, particularly women, have died from systemic lupus erythematosus at disproportionately higher rates despite overall declines in mortality over the past 20 years, according to data ...

My skin will get really pale ... According to the Lupus Foundation of America, the disease disproportionately affects Black women, who are three times more likely to develop lupus than White ...