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Representative image (AI-generated) ‘You’re probably just stressed.’ For many women living with lupus, that is often where the story begins. A young woman walks into a clinic complaining of fatigue, joint aches, hair fall, fever or persistent body pain.Instead of answers, she is told she is overworked, anxious, sleep-deprived, hormonal or simply exhausted from balancing…
American actress and singer Selena Gomez, in 2017, shocked her fans when she announced she needed a kidney transplant. The 33-year-old, had been suffering from an auto-immune disease called lupus, which eventually led to kidney failure, and one that required a transplant. Let’s understand more on her condition…What is lupusThe autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus…
A groundbreaking study by Stanford Medicine scientists has identified the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) as the culprit behind systemic lupus erythematosus. This virus, present in nearly all of us, is now believed to be directly responsible for the chronic autoimmune condition. The findings, published in Science Translational Medicine, suggest EBV’s role in 100% of lupus cases….
