For National Skincare Awareness Month, Ashara Collie is sharing her journey of being diagnosed and living with discoid lupus – a type of lupus that affects the skin and often causes round, disc-shaped ...

Most people with lupus have it affect the skin. The types of rashes can be divided into two large groups. First, when lupus affects the skin with problems only seen in lupus, it’s called cutaneous ...

I get excited when astute dermatologists describe and label dermatoses that I have seen but could not adequately diagnose. Two recent examples include acute inflammatory edema and alpha-gal syndrome.

A study led by investigators from Johns Hopkins Medicine found that some patients with discoid lupus erythematosus - a form ...

SAN ANTONIO — Distinguishing between the various forms of cutaneous lupus can be challenging, even for experienced clinicians. If a patient presents with a malar rash — also known as a butterfly rash ...

Lupus is a common autoimmune disease that often has cutaneous features. Patients range from healthy people with purely cutaneous disease to those with severe multisystem disease in which the skin is ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: What is lupus, and what does it do to your body? I just had a friend diagnosed with it after many months of tests. -- T.S.B. ANSWER: The term “lupus” generally means systemic lupus ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Horizon Therapeutics plc (Nasdaq: HZNP) today announced the first patient has enrolled in a Phase 2, randomized, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate its development-stage ...

Dear Dr. Roach: What is lupus, and what does it do to your body? I just had a friend diagnosed with it after many months of tests. — T.S.B. Dear T.S.B.: The term "lupus" generally means systemic lupus ...

Imagine your body attacking itself. That’s what happens with lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease affecting millions worldwide. Lupus Alert Day is a chance to shine a spotlight on this condition. It’s ...