Lupus & Autoimmune Disease

Autoimmune diseases can affect skin, joints, kidneys, lungs and blood vessels at the same time, which is why they are so often missed or mislabelled. This topic gathers our writing on lupus, vasculitis such as granulomatosis with polyangiitis, and how these conditions are told apart from rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia — including a real case where a persistent ear infection turned out to be something else entirely, and guidance on planning a pregnancy with an autoimmune diagnosis.