Lupus.......?

Not only was I diagnosed with hypermobility, my doctor thinks I may have lupus. Am waiting on test results but wondered if the two produce the same kind of symptoms.

Hi, it's best to seek the advice of a Rheumatologist as that is the doctor that deals with connective tissue diseases. If you are hypermobile, you are very flexible.

The fact that your doctor thinks you may have lupus means you should take your test results and see one anyway.

Since I'm not a doctor, I can't give you medical advice, but I can give you lupus symptoms as the doctors see it:

Basic Lupus Facts

"Typical" clinical features include:

- Fever, fatigue, and weight loss
- Arthritis involving multiple joints for several weeks
- Butterfly-shaped rash over the cheeks or other rashes
- Skin rash appearing in areas exposed to the sun
- Sores in the mouth or nose for more than a month
- Loss of hair, sometimes in spots or around the hairline
- Seizures, strokes and mental disorders
- Blood clots in different locations
- Miscarriages in some patients
- Blood or protein in the urine or tests that suggest poor kidney
function
- Low blood counts (anemia, low white blood cells or low platelets)

- Other symptoms include chest pain when the patient breathes deeply,
heartburn, abdominal pain and poor circulation to the fingers and
toes.

- All of these symptoms can develop gradually, making lupus hard to
diagnose.
漏 2008 American College of Rheumatology

Lupus affects Asians, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, African
Americans, Hispanics, Latinos, and Native Americans
disproportionately.

Although it affects women nine times more than men in their child
bearing years, men are affected. Children are affected.

I know that's a lot to digest in one seating. I also know, being a lupus patient, this is something that is not great waiting for...

Please let us know if we can be of service to you through support and listening.

Sometimes just knowing that someone else KNOWS how you feel is better than going through this alone.

Hope this helps.

The doctor thinks you might have lupus because one of the symptoms of lupus is hypermobility.