Hello all,
I am still undergoing investigation into SLE, I have been diagnosed with discoid lupus and scarring alopecia and I’m currently under the care of a rheumatologist and have had umpteen blood tests , I have a number of symptoms of SLE...but I was just wondering...is being sensitive to the cold a symptom of Lupus? Does anyone else experience this? I just seen to really feel the cold. It’s more of an evening time where I just get very cold, my husband and children will say it’s warm and the heating will be on but I just feel so cold and can take me a while to warm up. I don’t have a temperature at these times. I don’t have raynauds, but the palms of my hand go white when I’m cold and my feet are like blocks of ice and purple....
Hi Angelx01x
Raynauds can sometimes happen with auto-immune conditions. I have raynauds so find myself wrapping up extra warm in the winter months to keep the heat in, paying particular attention to my extremities - hands, feet and nose in my case all go ice cold sometimes if I'm not keeping the heat in. It has led to the opera buffs in my family singing "che gelida manina" from La Boheme at me... which somehow always makes me giggle. Family at christmas eh...
Here's the NHS page on Raynauds in case it helps:
nhs.uk/conditions/raynauds/