Tag: environment

  • How Does the Environment Affect Lupus?

    Your genes may increase the chances that you get lupus, but an environmental trigger is required to put the disease in action. Meaning, there are circumstances when the environment around you causes a “dormant” lupus disease to arise. There is no proof that you get lupus from the environment directly, only that the environment triggers…

  • Lupus Flares

    A lupus flare is a time when your lupus symptoms worsen from the lupus disease becoming more active. These flares will come and go. Lupus flares can cause different symptoms. You may experience rashes and swelling one week and no symptoms of lupus the next. Flares can occur without you even knowing it. The lupus…