I was looking up the symptoms of Lupus, and well I got quiet a few of those symptoms. I cannot help but wonder if I do have it. It said that when you have undiagnosed Lupus, it can be seen as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Fibro. And well, I have had a doctor mention me might having those within the last month.
So, I cannot help but wonder if I have lupus too.
Man, I am starting to feel like a hypochondriac!
What symptoms do you share? I don't think you're a hypochondriac. You have a lot of good reasons to be questioning what's going on with you. Didn't your RD do a blood test for Lupus? They are so much alike Joonie! I wonder the same things sometimes, too! HI Joonie, I feel the same, my GP said today that my ESR is fluctuating so much that there has to be another type of arthritis happening as well as RA and Fibro, and it will introduce itself one of these days, I have been checked for Lupus and apparently I don't have it, but I often wonder? Hope you don't have it, hugs Janie.I am not sure if she is going to check for lupus since I told her I was checked for it 3 times before and they never said anything about me having it, she just said something about I could have it now.
I have:
Extreme fatigue
Swelling in legs in the calf area and sometimes in my feet/ankles too.
The butterfly rash on my face.
And when I was a kid, and was out in the sun for awhile I would get white blotches on my face and body, and the dr's told my mom I was allergic to the sun and to keep me out of it as much as possible.
And my fingers when I am in an air conditioned room, they turn really pink to almost white, you know the color your fingers turn when they are in water for too long and get pruneey? Well, that is what color mine turn and they are really really cold. But most times at home they are warm and be sweaty.
And of course I have the painful & swelling joints and mucsle pain.
And lately I have been having memory problems and mood swings.
And even though I do not have a bladder infection anymore my kidneys still hurt. But that can also be from my IC.
I hope you don't have it; it sucks. But with that said, the treatment for RA and Lupus are very similar. I have both. Not fun.joonie, isn't it odd that most diseases share at least one or more,or several symptoms. I can read the signs and symptoms for hep or MS and think hmmm..I get that too....and that's when I know I need to step away from the keyboardThe rashes would make me wonder. Thats one thing I have never had and they always ask, do you have any rashes??? Joonie, maybe a call to the doc to see if lupus was part of the blood test would be a good idea. Then you'll know if the doc is on it or not and maybe you won't have to worry about it so much.I bet the new doctor ran the test for this when you were there earlier this week. She said "Do you have Lupus" didn't she? She was surprised when you said no. Maybe she checked for it. Maybe you should call? So may of the RA symptoms are very simular to Lupus....it's not weird for you to be worried about that. Nope, not weird at all. Anyone would be.Joonie, I have some of the symptoms too so I've done research in the past and what I recall every article saying was that the butterfly rash was really consistant with Lupus. I hope you can find out soon what's going on.
Hi guys, thanks for the replies.
I have called RD's office she is gone and will not be back until later this afternoon. I think she does study trials on the side too. Anyways... I called to see if I am suppose to be tapering pred or taking it like it states on the bottle for a flare. When they call me back, hopefully I will remember and ask them if they can fax me a copy of my bloodwork. Or I might call now, and hook up my laptop so I can receive the fax.
Anyways... I am pretty sure that she did check for lupus too.
It is just weird that all 3 RD's would ask that same question and then the one I went back to twice asked the same question on each first visit. It just struck me as weird this time because she said I could have it now.
Not worrying too much about it, but it would explain a lot of things that have been seeming not right as of recently.
I have RA and Lupus. My diagnosis is rheupus, I kind of laughed at first, but my drs said that is a legitimate diagnosis. It is treated the same as RA. Do you know what your ANA is? I hope you get answers soon!oops, it's actually spelled rhupusI have done TONS of research on both RA and Lupus. Everything I find says "if you have one, you will more than likely get the other..eventually." Everything has basically said once you have one AI illness, the others are likely to follow.