Healio (8/24, Laday) reports, “Patients with PTSD demonstrated a two-fold higher likelihood of being diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus [SLE], compared to those without PTSD,” researchers concluded in a study that “included 10,942 patients with SLE and matched them 1:10 with 109,420 control participants.” The findings were published online in the journal Arthritis Care & Research.
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— “Patients with prior PTSD twice as likely to develop lupus “Jason Laday, Healio , August 24, 2021