lupus symptoms

[anbuma]

what symptoms of lupus does everyone have.i believe I have lupus from symptoms but searched fro "symptoms of lupus" and there were so many sites saying different things.

[madmagz]

Hi Anbuma you have probably found that because there ARE so many different symptoms and it varies an awful lot from person to person we do not all get the same symptoms all the time that is why it takes so long to diagnose the disease in the first place what with there not being a specific test it is a case of rule out lots of other things first in many cases. Some of us were very lucky and had a very good doctor who noticed specific signs - like the butterfly rash on the face, discoid lesions on the skin, joint and muscle pain, mouth and nose ulcers, hair loss, abnormalities in urine and blood tests which then lead on to doing more specific tests and referrals to hospitals when consultants could do more specific tests and knew more about lupus could get specific answers from us. I suggest that if you want a very good leaflet to read you go to the LupusUK website and order some of the literature they have available or read their online facts as they have been very helpful to me and others that I have spoken to you. They have one leaflet titled "Someone You Know may Have Lupus" it is very informative and plain simple reading, well worth looking at.

Good luck I hope this helps you

Madmagz x