The Lupus Foundation of America describes lupus as a chronic disease that attacks the immune system, the part of the body that fights off disease and infections. Some of the most common symptoms ...

People with dark-pigmented skin who have lupus are more prone to experience discoid lupus erythematosus, a form of chronic ...

A dermatologist diagnosed Denan Lance with discoid lupus in 2008. Lance, 38, an account executive with Clear Channel Media + Entertainment in Richmond, Virginia, had heard of lupus, but she didn’t ...

The lesions now referred to as discoid lupus were described in 1833 by Cazenave under ... Antimalarials, used in the past principally for lupus skin and joint involvement, are now recognized to ...

It can affect many parts of the body. Cutaneous lupus mainly affects the skin. Discoid lupus causes a disc-shaped rash. Subacute cutaneous lupus causes widespread skin lesions. Each type has ...

A second phase 2 trial with the tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor deucravacitinib has met the primary efficacy endpoints for the treatment of the skin manifestations of cutaneous lupus ...

In an interview with Yahoo Lifestyle, the singer says he has been living with the symptoms of discoid lupus since he was 21. This type of lupus affects the skin and often leaves round scars or ...