The vast majority of people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) experience musculoskeletal symptoms, marked by pain, ache, discomfort, and numbness, often in the joints, primarily the hands, wrists, and knees. That’s according to a study from researchers in Egypt, which also found that musculoskeletal symptoms were associated with a…
I was staring at the hospital walls, whispering to myself, “I don’t understand this pain.” Neither did the emergency room physicians and the hospital’s admitting physician. They’d done their best to pin down the “great imitator” using every blood test, scan, and opioid at their immediate disposal. At that moment,…
“You know, lupus thrives in extremes,” a rheumatologist told me. His tone was bland and matter-of-fact. “No, I don’t know much about lupus besides its misery,” I responded. “For one thing, your body will see elation and stress with the same intensity, and that may trigger flares.
Joint and muscle pains are one of the most common symptoms of lupus and in a bid to the soothe ache and pains associated with the condition, patients will often use and recommend some strange and off-the-wall products, as this personal vlog from Frugalistic Lupus Sister shows.