🌟 Need motivation for kicking #SLE #lupus #Sjogrens butt? See Nick Cannon NCredible Health Journey with his severe lupus nephritis. Jump to the 2-minute mark: youtube.com/watch?v=jSTyfZ… His legs became as swollen as elephant trunks due to the edema from his lupus membranous

❣️Most #SLE #lupus patients develop cardiovascular problems like heart attacks, pericarditis, strokes, blood clots. You CAN help prevent these: lupusencyclopedia.com/lupus-the-hear… Click on my latest blog post to know: - What you can do to prevent these common problems - How Toni Braxton

🧪 I am jealous of the Mayo Clinic rheumatologists! They have access to a new #SLE #lupus disease activity test called the aiSLE DX DAI! sfmc.testcatalog.org/show/LDAI This is a test that assesses numerous areas of the immune system and is more likely to identify flares compared to

❤️‍🔥 Preventing flares when you have AI dzs like #lupus #Sjogrens #SLE is very important: CLICK 👉 lupusencyclopedia.com/lupus-flare/ I give a lot of practical advice on how to prevent them and how to deal with them when they occur RETWEET for others to learn

For more information on this topic, check out KFL's blog article, "Lupus and the Lymphatic System" here: ow.ly/XnYq50SYVzy

Gluten can be "a wicked antigen". Full read Review of the potential role of gluten in inflammation and autoimmunity. Undigested gluten peptides can be modified by luminal transglutaminase or delivered to gut mucosal immune cells buff.ly/3WTI24I

👉 Research study about family history and rheumatic diseases just came out: acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100… If you have a family history of each of the following, you have a _____ X increased risk for that same problem: #SLE #lupus = 6 times increased risk of also getting SLE compared

🫁 KUDOS to the new 2023 lung disease in systemic autoimmune disease guidelines by the American College of Rheumatology and CHEST : Screening, Treatments, and Monitoring CLICK 👉acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ac… Similar to other chest guidelines (like those from the Sjögren's Foundation for Sjogren's lung dz):

💉 Calling all rheumatologists: consider using intravenous methylprednisolone (125 - 500 mg daily X 3 doses) at diagnosis time in #SLE #lupus to increase the chances for long-term remission in those with moderate to severe disease: acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ac…

🔖 KUDOS to this month's American College of Rheumatology ACR_Journals for a mine-field of useful, practical articles! More than I've seen in a while. Some of the highlights I especially liked and found useful: acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/232652… IV pulse Solumedrol increases long-term remissions in moderate to

Cardiovascular risks in rheumatic disease ✔️50%!! Risk of death from CVD is higher‼︎ ✔️⬆️risk in RA, PsA,and SpA Why?? 👉Shared inflammatory pathways of inflammation and atherosclerosis(IL1, IL6,TNF) 👉T2T important for lowering the risk of CV events❤️ #APLAR2024

#SLE #lupus patients please consider paring this important study by Julia Simard, ScD … Dr Simard is an amazing researcher dedicated to helping lupus patients

Lupus in the News: AZD1656, a drug originally developed for diabetes, is now in Phase 2 clinical trials for lupus, lupus nephritis and ANCA-associated vasculitis. For more information on this new type of treatment, check out this announcement: ow.ly/1yeB50T6cEJ

TUESDAY NEWSDAY! Lupus myocarditis -- inflammation of the heart muscle -- can be very serious because the inflammation alters the regularity of the rhythm and strength of the heartbeat. READ MORE: sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/…

🔥 Hope for seronegative #Sjogrens patients: CLICK 👉 ard.bmj.com/content/83/9/1… Around 35% of Sjögren’s patients are seronegative (anti-SSA negative). There is a big unmet need to improve faster, more accurate diagnoses. Dr. Sara McCoy, Maxwell Parker, and their team

A new blog post by More Than Lupus morethanlupus.com/post/beyond-br…

😻 How severe is your #lupus #SLE disease activity?: CLICK 👉lupusencyclopedia.com/how-severe-is-… One way we measure disease activity for research studies is by using the SLEDAI (Systemic Lupus Disease Activity Index) CLICK the link to know how to measure yours? You can ask your