Lupus?
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Hi Guys.....need to pick your brains.....
I'm a 40 year old man, who was very fit and active up util 7 weeks ago, I slipped a disc and on the back of that, I developed flu ache symptoms headaches etc.....I had the usual blood tests, which all come back normal. My joints all swole up and I developed boney lumps on my knuckles and elbows. My doctor told me that my Vit D was really low and gave me 20000 unit tabets. I asked him about RA, to which he stated my blood test came back clear. I got fed up with my doctor and booked to see a consultant rheumatolgist privately. It was great, he noted all my symptoms and I gave him a brief run down of my Medical History. He was able to point out that I had Chilblains on my feet, and diagnosed me with Raynauds as a secondary. He was able to write to my doctor and another NHS consultant who I will be seeing, but he never ventured into another diagnosis until I get an all over CT scan. Now my mother had a non specific connective tissue disease and her father had addisons disease.
My symptoms are as follows:
Joint pain all over, more so in ankles, knees, hands, wrists, hips and shoulders. Always cold. Cant get quality sleep. Night Sweats, Swollen Lymphs in my neck. Knuckles starting to deform on my hands. Headaches and feeling like crap. Oh and now Raynauds disease.
I have been googling, lupus but, I dont have a rash on my face. My cheeks below my eyes have always been red, no matter how pale I get, but its not as bad as you see on the internet........
So guys, what do you think....your experiance and help would be grateful. Thanks.
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Jan999 dwarnes74
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The only blood tests I have had is the RA one and it came back negative. The only thing that got shown up is the lack of vitamin D. I do have a feint butterfly rash, but Im not losing my hair. What is the eye and other test you where talking about?
I also have issues wih my hip and shoulders after I had a parvovirus 3 years ago. This left me with Viral arthritis and those joints havent been right since....
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fester dwarnes74
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Severe ailments it might be ,it was 4 years off tests before they told mee that I had S.L.E that was in 2004
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