Lupus is a chronic (long-term) disease that can cause inflammation and pain in any part of your body. It’s an autoimmune disease, which means that your immune system — the body system that usually ...

What are called autoimmune diseases can affect just about every part of the body — and tens of millions of people. While most ...

For more than half a century, scientists have hunted for the cause of lupus. The disease is relentless and debilitating, one ...

A recent article in Cell Reports Medicine, by Dr. Felipe Andrade, uncovers insights into lupus symptoms. More specifically, how these symptoms can range in severity among individuals. Andrade is a ...

About 5 million people worldwide live with the autoimmune condition lupus. This condition can cause a range of symptoms, ...

Alexandra Marcela, 26, diagnosed with lupus after years of misdiagnosis. When Alexandra Marcela was diagnosed with lupus at age 20, she'd never heard of the autoimmune disease before. Her health ...

Although researchers know that lupus is caused by the immune system mistakenly attacking the body’s own tissues and organs, ...

The younger that someone is when certain illnesses hit, especially before puberty, the more severe symptoms may be. And while ...

"I was always told that losing weight would fix all my problems," Alexandra Marcela tells PEOPLE Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...