What African Americans Need to Know About Lupus Medically reviewed by Alana Biggers, M.D., MPH — Written by Taneia Surles on August 21, 2024 Lupus rash on Black skin ...

Anyone can develop lupus. But certain people are at higher risk for lupus, including: Women ages 15 to 44; Certain racial or ethnic groups — including people who are African American, Asian American, ...

Newly rebranded campaign includes powerful imagery of real women with lupus who share their story. The Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) launched the rebranded Be Fierce.Take Control.™ campaign during ...

Race: Lupus is more common among women of African American, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American descent. African American and Hispanic women tend to have more serious cases of lupus. Types of Lupus ...

There is an unmet need among African American youth for more plentiful education and resources regarding lupus, according to data published in BMC Rheumatology.

Five Black Celebrities Living With Lupus and How They Manage the Disease. ... Although the disease affects people of all races and ages, the disease is more common and severe in African Americans.

Lupus affects people of African, Asian, or Native American descent two to three times as often as it affects whites. Nine out of 10 people with lupus are women.

African Americans living with lupus are five times more likely to develop lupus nephritis (LN)—a kidney disorder which can lead to end-stage renal disease—than whites of European descent living with ...

Lupus is also more common in African Americans and people of American Indian and Asian descent, as well as those with a family history of lupus or another autoimmune disease.

According to the Lupus Foundation of America, lupus is three times more likely for Black/African American and Native Americans and Alaskan Natives than white people. For Hispanic patients, the ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) announced today it has been awarded a three-year grant with up to $500,000 in funding per year from the Office of ...

Lupus nephritis can be treated with medication, but, if it progresses, can lead to kidney failure, requiring dialysis. A paper on the study, entitled “End-stage kidney disease in African Americans ...