The word ‘lupus’ (Latin for ‘wolf’) is attributed to the thirteenth century physician ... of lupus erythematosus were included in von Hebra's text, Atlas of Skin Diseases, published in 1856. The ...

Although systemic lupus erythematosus cannot be cured, there are a number of drugs available to help manage this chronic ...

Because the skin lesions of SLE were thought to resemble wolf bites ... including neuropsychiatric lupus and hematologic disease, remain challenging because of a limited understanding of their ...

The disease causes the immune system ... One patient might have lesions on the face, likened to wolf bites by the 13th-century physician who gave lupus its name. Another patient might have kidney ...

Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease. It can cause many different symptoms, including fever, fatigue, rashes, body aches, and confusion. While there’s no cure, symptoms can be managed with ...

It is an autoimmune disorder that’s difficult to describe, diagnose and treat. Lupus is one of those diseases you can’t often see. Most people with it look perfectly fine, but their body is in ...

In another, she shows off a bruise on her arm that engulfs a wolf bite ... Fava said. Lupus nephritis, a type of kidney disease caused by lupus, is also more common in patients of non-European ...