A new study found a 67.9% prevalence of lupus related cognitive dysfunction (CD) in people with the disease and the condition is not associated with lupus disease activity.

Cognitive dysfunction. (also known as brain fog) is the loss of intellectual functions such as thinking, remembering, and reasoning of sufficient severity to interfere with daily functioning. Patients with cognitive dysfunction have trouble with verbal recall, basic arithmetic, and concentration. CD is reported to affect up to 90% of people with lupus and can manifest before the occurrence of neuropsychiatric lupus.

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