6. Stress and Trauma
One study conducted by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that women with post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) were three times more likely to have lupus. Women exposed to trauma who were not diagnosed with PTSD had double the risk, indicating that stress and trauma may be linked to lupus.
The sample for this study was primarily white women, however, so more research is needed to see how these factors affect women of color regarding lupus.
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