Living with Lupus
Cold Weather, Symptom Flares, and Lupus
Cold weather can bring lupus flares with it, but the reasons behind these flares...
Skin Bacteria, Infections, and Lupus Flares
Skin Bacteria, Infections, and Lupus Flares: What’s the Relationship? Lupus disrupts the microbes on the...
Artificial Sweeteners, Cutting Sugar, and Lupus
Tips and Tricks for Cutting Out Sugar: Should you use Artificial Sweeteners? When cutting out sugar, artificial sweeteners are used by many as a common substitute. However, whether they have any benefit at all is controversial. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is (SLE) is a disease...
The Science of Boredom and Lupus
Chronic boredom is common for people with lupus. What can you do about it? Chronic illnesses like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can consume ones life; Such as the resting time where you are too fatigued or in...
Garlic & Lupus: What Foods are Rich in Ajoene, Allicin, and Thiosulfinates?
For people with lupus, what you eat is almost as important as the medicines that you take. Many people with lupus have heard that they shouldn’t eat...
Pre-Made Meals and Delivery Plans for Life with Lupus
Eating right can take a lot of time and money, but new options can take the pain out of food prep. Meal deliveries can take the guesswork out of planning and take shopping and cooking off of the to-do list. Eating healthy can be a...
Estrogen, Sex Hormones and Lupus (SLE)
Hormones, including the hormones associated with sex and sex expression, also impact the immune system. Because of this, they can have complex interactions with SLE. Hormones are chemicals that different cells in the body use to communicate with each other. By communicating, cells are...
10 Challenges for Managing Lupus
Living with lupus means learning to overcome a wide range of challenges. How many of these ten are you familiar with? The most common type of lupus is systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). But, there is plenty of variability in how the autoimmune disease presents....
Swimming, Sun, and Lupus
Summer brings with it many fun activities for people with lupus, including swimming, that may have health benefits. However, it also has its challenges. Summer is a mixed bag for people with lupus! Summer trips mean travelling, and travelling with lupus has many...
The Four Subgroups of Systemic Lupus
Although all Lupus Warriors stand together under the same banner, understanding the differences between the subtypes of SLE can help us understand and better treat lupus. Lupus is an inflammatory disease that effects organs throughout the body through immune system cells called...
Patient Self-Efficacy and Lupus
Medical compliance, or the proper use of prescribed therapies and medications, is important to the health of people with lupus, but approximately 50% of people with lupus are noncompliant. Why? And how can this be fixed? Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that...