POSSIBLE LUPUS???

[mila23]

im a 22 yr old female.and ive been expieriencing fatigue..sensativity to light..hair loss..for over a yr now..i get a rash on my face sometimes under my eyes across my nose..i get alot of light headed n dizziness..and also the right side of my face gets swollen..i was addmited in the hospital 5 months ago for symptoms of a stroke..my whole right side was weak..i had 2 cts..and bloodwork..everything was normal..and since ive had an mri.aslo normal.i also have alot of neck pain..head pain..blurred vision on occasions.initially i thaught it was my head.. after having the cts n mri..im starting to think it may be something else.can someone please help me??? i looked up the symptoms of lupus..and i have almost all of them..but i didnt see anything about head pains or neck pains.or blurred vision..is it possible to get these symptoms from lupus?

[myproblem]

So glad to hear that your daughter is doing better. Hope you'll find your answers soon. I'm doing ok. I'm 10 weeks pregnant. It was a very happy surprise, and seems to be going good so far. I can't complain too much, just normal pregnancy stuff mostly.

[AMC5]

My daughter is doing great!  Thank goodness!  Haven't had anymore problems with kidney stones.  She is supposed to have a kidney ultrasound in a few months, to just check things out.  Still getting the insurance thing worked out.  Hopefully will be resolved very shortly.....  As for me, have had a lot of weird symptoms going on, so hoping that all gets resolved as well.    How are you feeling?  Hope things are going well for you...

[myproblem]

Hi, I haven't seen you on here in a long time. How are you, and how is your daughter? You do sound like possible lupus. Did you get insurance yet? You need that before you get a diagnosis anyway. Hope you're doing well.

[AMC5]

Your symptoms sound similar to mine.  I have had 2 different stroke like episodes.  First time had trouble speaking, couldn't dial the phone etc..., that was 4 years ago.  Then last month had an episode where entire right side was weak.  I also have alot of dizziness, numbness, tingling in hands and feet, muscle & joint pain,  and just alot of different weird symptoms.  I am being watched by a Rheumatologist because of a positive ANA.  My sister has lupus and many other disorders.  It is hard not knowing what is going on.  Make sure you do follow up with your dr. and let us know what they say...  Good luck.

[mila23]

thank so u so much for replying to my question.i checked out those links.and im calling to make an appointment with my dr tomorrow.i have alot of the symptoms.and it would explain alot of the weird things ive been feeling that drs never seem to understand.again thank you!!!

[myproblem]

The Neck pain could be Lupus Arthritis, and Lupus sufferers are twice as likely as the general population to suffer from migraine like headaches, although these headaches can be treated differently than migraines. Neurological symptoms are often one of the first major signs of Lupus, so the posible stroke also fits in. Here are some likns from my favorite Lupus website. This is the UK site, and I think it is much better than the US site.

This one is about eye problems:
http://www.uklupus.co.uk/other.html

This one is a list of likely related symptoms:
http://www.uklupus.co.uk/lsymp.html

This is the list used to make an official diagnosis:
http://www.uklupus.co.uk/dxlupus.html

This is the list of blood tests used to diagnose and monitor Lupus:
http://www.uklupus.co.uk/tests.html