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Because of more effective and aggressive treatment, the prognosis for SLE has improved markedly over the past two decades. Treatment early in the course of the illness improves long-term progress. About 85 - 95% of people with lupus survive 10 years, and many people have a normal life span. SLE that develops later in life is generally less serious than SLE that strikes in childhood or young adulthood.

More commonly, SLE is a chronic, life-long disease, alternating between periods of symptom relapse, (called flares), and remission.

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