When singer Muni Long isn’t blessing us with timeless hits, she’s struggling with lupus pain behind closed doors. The chronic autoimmune disease causes flare-ups that affect each person differently.

Singer Muni Long details living with lupus and how she struggles with symptoms in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE.

Systemic lupus erythematosus, or lupus, is a complex autoimmune disease in which the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy ...

Your race/ethnicity. In the United States, lupus is more common in people of color than in the Caucasian population. This includes African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Asian Americans, Native ...

Patients whose autoimmune disorders such as lupus were initially dismissed by doctors as psychosomatic show long-lasting ...

Medically reviewed by Riteesha G. Reddy, MD Lupus and hives sometimes go together, but only in about 10% of lupus cases.

Initially misinterpreted as an allergic reaction, her journey through various doctors and tests highlights the challenges of getting an accurate diagnosis, especially for people of color. The ...

Most people with lupus are women and people of color. The disease is more common among Black women and they tend to suffer ...