Fainting and lupus
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I'm not surprised with the oral Lupus dx, but the official lupoid connective tissue connective disease seems to be in lieu of an official SLE (lupus) dx, which is much more copmlicated to establish!
I hope you do not feel ...branded! Consider that your 2 conditions could be a manifestation of one and the same thing, or at least have the same underlying basis. It's not a necessarily a... medical sentence, even if conventional doctors only offer symptom management treatment.
I was trying to research about what it could be and I read that lupus effects the tissues and causes many organs to get inflammed. Do you think the gastritis, pericarditis, passing out, and other symptoms could all be related to Lupus? I also have had really bad & frequent bladder infections growing up.
The one thing that is excellent in my life is my marriage, school, & work. I do not have a lot of stress, so I do not believe it is stress related or anything mental.
My 16yr old daughter has been having a lot swelling and pain in her ankles, fingers and wrists. There is a lot of arthritis and lupus in my family-and I think she may be getting one of those conditions...but her blood work has all been normal. Most evenings she also develops hives on her back and arms. I've taken her to ER, but we still don't know what's causing these ods symtoms.
heart rate changes not associated with position or activity, tingling, loss of ability to hold things, tired, mood swings, anxiety nausea Just turned 60 had been active walking,weights,shoveling,dancing, yoga Started with day of fainting upon being upright I blamed on low blood sugar or dehydration from not eating before going to bed without eating after an active day seeming without cause except for chronic stress from life changes I was tested September for RA, lupus, etc beca
So it is likely fluids accumulated slowly, and the pericardium (sac surrounding the heart) may have and is stretched enough to accommodate it without symptoms and the signs and symptoms may not occurred until a large amount of fluid collects over time. But a rapid fluid accumulation...even if the fluid amount is relatively small...can severely impair the function of the heart.
Heat causes veins to dilate and open which can increase fainting, so summer months are brutal, more salt and Gatorade are needed for sure. Trust me I faint almost every time I am in the shower with warm to hot water. I am on a medicine to constrict my veins to stop my fainting. I have POTS, I just got diagnosed 6 months ago. I am 25 and my symptoms started at age 16 it took a Cardiologist and a Tilt Table Test to finally prove it was POTS this whole time.
In any case, I am sure I do have lupus, as the signs and symptoms are so classic -and I have been officially Dxd by TWO docs. I jsut think, as you said, that if this was CNS lupus, I would be MUCH sicker - that condition is really really serious. But, Im just going to continue with my lupus treatment, and in the meantime, make an appt with a neuro to get a new MRI - it couldnt hurt, you know?
If u want to test bcuz u do not feel the long QT is an acurate dx, then do have her checked for POTS, Chiari, tethered cord, EDS, syringomyelia, MS, Lymes and Lupus......rule out as much as u can so u feel comfortable with the dx...and find a dr that specializes in the QT condition....if it is a wrong dx he/she will spot it sooner.
s and pernicious anemia. My son is type I diabetic and my daughter has lupus and is watched very closely for other autoimmunes, but I do know that some of the same tests are used to dx more than one disease. For instance, I've read that TPOab is used to dx both Hashi's and lupus.
It would be good if you could post your thyroid labs. Sometimes the results can be in the "normal" category but just not be right for YOU....
Hello.
For RSD to occur, you should have had a surgery or an injury. It is a response to injury. The symptoms of Lupus are much more extensive than those of RSD.
You can come to a conclusion after tests for Lupus.
My biggest concern is the dizziness and fainting and incredible fatigue. The fatigue has gotten worse over the years but my sleep apnea is managed well with CPAP and nothing else ever seemed wrong physically so I have just dealt with it by making sure I get plenty of rest and strictly pacing my activity level.
My sense is something is not right but none of the tests seem all that unusual. I'm wondering if anyone has any idea what might be up with this?
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