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To access the content, check your email and follow the instructions provided. Having trouble? Click here. Fatigue, pain, swelling, rashes and hair loss are just some of the symptoms that affect people with lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks healthy tissue.
Some 1.5 million Americans are living with lupus, with about 16,000 new cases each year, according to the Lupus Foundation of America, based in Washington, D.C.
There are many myths surrounding lupus that can make it difficult for people to understand and manage the disease, according to Dr. Brooke Goldner, a board-certified medical doctor and an autoimmune professor at Cornell University. EXPERIMENTAL LUPUS THERAPY COULD BE ‘LIFE-CHANGING’ FOR PATIENTS WITH AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE, STUDY FINDS "It's essential to educate yourself and others about lupus to dispel these myths and increase understanding of the disease," Golder, who was diagnosed with lupus at the age of 16, told Fox News Digital.
For Lupus Awareness Month, Goldner.
