About 8 years ago, I started gaining weight, especially around the stomach. Then as time passed, other symptoms appeared. The depression was coming back worse than ever, despite increased doses of anti-depressants. I suffered with extreme fatigue, joint and muscle pain, shortness of breath and...
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), though some estimates place the number much higher. The autoimmune condition causes the body to attack itself, leading to fatigue, joint pain, organ damage and other symptoms. Many people experience a sensitivity to UV light — resulting in a butterfly...
30 Those with abdominal pain and headache are older by a decade or more than those without these symptoms.30 Migraine and Raynaud phenomenon, which coexist in some patients with KD, may be reflective of similar vascular lesions that indicate the late consequences of extracoronary endothelial cell ...
Common symptoms of lupus include: Fever Fatigue (feeling tired often) Joint pain Stiffness and swelling Butterfly-shaped rash on the cheeks and bridge of the nose Rashes elsewhere on the body Sun sensitivity Fingers and toes that turn white or blue when exposed to cold or during stressful perio...
Symptoms of fatigue and malaise may also represent fibromyalgia, which can co-occur with SLE or confound the diagnosis.47 Musculoskeletal Involvement The musculoskeletal system is the most common organ system affected in SLE; joint pain is the presenting symptom in approximately 60% to 70% of ...
Tell your doctor if you have symptoms of kidney problems, such as swelling in yourankleor lower leg, foamy urine, orblood in your urine. Keep up with checkupswith your lupus doctor, orrheumatologist, who will do blood tests to make sure your kidneys are working well. ...
The most common side effects of BENLYSTA are nausea, diarrhea, fever, stuffy or runny nose and sore throat, persistent cough, trouble sleeping, leg or arm pain, depression, headache, and pain, redness, itching, or swelling at the site of injection (when given subcutaneously). These are not...
Lupusis a lifelong, autoimmune condition for which there isno known cure. A person with lupus often experiences complex, chronic symptoms, such as extreme fatigue, swollen joints, sores,rashes, pain, fever, and depression. The condition can affect various parts of the body, including the kidneys...
Symptoms completely disappeared, as did the blood and autoimmunity test abnormalities (Table 1). This patient fulfilled five criteria of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics classification system for SLE (serositis, renal involvement, leukopenia, ANA and low complement). However, the ...
Her symptoms gradually improved, but she developed sudden-onset, severe epigastric pain with tachycardia, hypotension, and altered level of consciousness two weeks after hospitalization. Her hemoglobin dropped from 114 to 88 g/L, and abdominal CT angiography (CTA) showed a massive subcapsular hematoma...