had heard of lupus, but she didn’t know it could involve the skin. Early 2014 brought complications. What started as a rash on Lance’s back and shoulder began to spread across her chest, stomach, and ...

"I got sent back to rheumatology ... Sending Love to All The Lupus Warriors' The mom of three explains she has a butterfly rash on her face that, no matter what she does, will not go away.

Only your doctor can tell you if you have lupus, but about a third of people with it get a butterfly-shaped rash on their face. Other common symptoms are stiff, painful joints, achy or weak ...

The therapy works by genetically modifying cells to enable the body’s own immune system to recognise and attack problem cells, in this case those that are driving lupus inflamma ...

pylori was diagnosed. It was treated and cured. Several weeks after the H. Pylori was cured, a rash appeared all over my back. A biopsy of the rash showed possible lupus. A rheumatologist diagnosed me ...

One of the most obvious symptoms of lupus is “Butterfly rash” over the cheeks, nose and bridge of the nose which is often mistaken for acne, rosacea or other type of skin irritation but is ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and lupus both cause joint pain and stiffness ... You might need medication to treat skin rashes, heart disease, or kidney problems associated with either condition.

Sunlight can worsen rashes and even trigger a flare-up of the disease in some people with lupus. It is well known that sun-sensitive lupus patients carry certain variants of the HLA genes, but those ...