Many people who have lupus have a mild case of the disease. But there are times when symptoms -- pain and inflammation-- get worse. That’s called a flare or flare-up. When flares happen, you may ...

In most cases, lupus is not fatal. In fact, 80% to 90% of people who have this autoimmune disease will likely live a normal life span. Still, some people do die from the disease, in which your ...

So for many of remission is when the disease is really under control, and you don't have the symptoms, you're not experiencing the discomfort. But you are in fact, still you know, someone who might be ...

During lupus flares, mouth sores are part of the system-wide immune inflammation that causes a range of other lupus symptoms such as rashes and joint pain. Mouth sores during a flare are more ...

Pooling the studies together, the analysis revealed an overall 35.9% incidence (95% CI, 33.3-38.9) of at least one lupus flare after initiating dialysis, according to the researchers.

Neuropsychiatric symptoms, including nightmares and hallucinatory "daymares," may be a more important aspect of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) than formerly recognized, according to a ...

“Symptoms after vaccination were somewhat more frequent in the [lupus] patients than in the normal subjects,” they reported. “However, all symptoms were minor and no major flare of illness ...

Lupus can cause inflammation of the pericardium, the lining around your heart. Depending on the severity of your symptoms, treatments range from over-the-counter pain relievers to surgery.