"I was always told that losing weight would fix all my problems," Alexandra Marcela tells PEOPLE Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Caroline McLean, 32, of Atlanta, was working for Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) in Washington, DC, when she was diagnosed with lupus in 2011. “I was a young, single professional,” she says. “I didn’t want ...

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Systemic lupus erythematosus commonly presents as a rash. The rashes are caused by inflammation from the immune system fighting the body. Systemic lupus erythematosus, more commonly known as lupus, ...

A malar rash, or butterfly rash, typically appears across the cheeks and bridge of the nose in a butterfly shape. Lupus and rosacea are two conditions that can cause a malar rash. A malar rash can be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alexandra Marcela, 26, diagnosed with lupus after years of misdiagnosis. When Alexandra Marcela was diagnosed with lupus at age 20 ...