Do You Think I Have Lupus? Posted: 08-25-07 19:39pm
I am only 24 and I have a variety of
symptoms. Since high school I have been
getting what I think is pleurisy, several
times a month. It comes on as an
extremely sharp pain in the left/center
part of my chest that hurts worse when I
breathe. It usually doesn't last more
than a couple of minutes. I get
tingling/numbness in my hands frequently.
I am always tired, even though I get 9-10
hrs of sleep a night. I get strange
rashes at random, but none that look like
the malar rash. I rarely get joint pain
though. I got my cholesterol tested and
it was 240. I'm a young vegetarian who
eats very healthy and exercises, I'm
normal weight, so the high cholesterol is
strange to me. I mentioned to my mother
that I thought that maybe I had Lupus and
she said that her blood tests always say
she has abnormal ANA, but she doesn't
pursue it. I'm thinking I should get
tested. I go to a military hospital and
they always act like I'm a hypochondriac.
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Re: Do You Think I Have Lupus? Posted: 09-15-07 14:25pm
Fettolsiris
wrote:
I am only 24 and I have a
variety of symptoms. Since high school I
have been getting what I think is
pleurisy, several times a month. It comes
on as an extremely sharp pain in the
left/center part of my chest that hurts
worse when I breathe. It usually doesn't
last more than a couple of minutes. I get
tingling/numbness in my hands frequently.
I am always tired, even though I get 9-10
hrs of sleep a night. I get strange
rashes at random, but none that look like
the malar rash. I rarely get joint pain
though. I got my cholesterol tested and
it was 240. I'm a young vegetarian who
eats very healthy and exercises, I'm
normal weight, so the high cholesterol is
strange to me. I mentioned to my mother
that I thought that maybe I had Lupus and
she said that her blood tests always say
she has abnormal ANA, but she doesn't
pursue it. I'm thinking I should get
tested. I go to a military hospital and
they always act like I'm a
hypochondriac.
don't go some place where they look at you
like a hypochondriac... my experience with
that is that they never take you
seriously. Honestly, I don't think you
have anything to worry, but go get tested
just so you know!
