Lupus Symptoms

Lupus symptoms

        Symptoms vary greatly from person to person. Usually the disease is manifested by some of the following nonspecific symptoms.

• Extreme fatigue.
• An unexplained and constant weight loss or gain weight caused by swelling.
• Outbreaks of unexplained fever.
• Swollen lymph nodes.

Lupus - Other symptoms

• A loss of hair.
• Vision disturbances.
• A high sensitivity to cold and stress: the fingers and toes turn blue or fade easily.
• Headaches.

Lupus Joints Symptoms

        They can be highly variable since the disease can affect all organs. In thrust is often a fever with loss of appetite and weight loss and disseminated lymphadenopathy (lymph).

        The joint pain usually ends fairly symmetrical and sometimes can lead to meaningful aspects of arthritis. After disease progression, there is a destruction of the envelope and tendons with joint deformities without cartilage damage, unlike rheumatoid arthritis. Other attacks such as aseptic osteonecrosis and tendon ruptures are most likely secondary to treatment than the disease.

Lupus kidney symptoms

        The kidney damage was found in 50% of patients. Proteinuria (protein in the urine; as albumin) resulting in nephrotic pure or impure syndrome (with hypertension and haematuria) or even acute renal failure.

Lupus cerebral symptoms

• The cerebellar syndrome (loss of balance, incoordination). Choreic movements (involuntary movements) are sometimes triggered by taking oral contraceptives or pregnancy.
• The seizures (epilepsy), which may precede several years the lupus disease (which is the second leading cause of epilepsy in young patients after the tumors).
• The cerebral vascular. Sometimes there are misleading aspects of facial nerve paralysis, headaches
• Damage to the spinal or peripheral nerves

Lupus symptoms pictures

The psychiatric lupus manifestations

• Women aged 15 to 45 years. In this age group, lupus affects approximately eight times more women than men. This finding suggests that hormones play an important role in the onset of lupus.
• Those with a family member that had a history of this disease, may also get lupus.

Lupus Risk Factors

        There are no risk factors.