Lupus

Braves hb's mom had lupus. i was just asking him about it. She was on prednisone. He did some research and found this stuff that some actor takes and it's suppose to work. He ordered the stuff from Canada but she died before it came so he don't know how good it works. btw, she didn't die from lupus but from a freak accident. He took care of his mom when it got bad so he should know, but right now he's watching the ball game.

 

I'm glad you cleared that up

 

whats the signs ?

 

(From www.askjeeves.com)


What are the symptoms of lupus?
Symptoms of lupus often mimic other less serious illnesses.
Symptoms can range from mild to life-threatening.
Lupus can go into periods where symptoms are not present, called remission.
Although lupus can affect any part of the body, most people experience symptoms in only a few organs.
The following lists the most common symptoms of lupus and the percentage of lupus patients who experience them.


Symptom Percentage of Cases

Achy joints (arthralgia)
95%
Frequent fevers of more than 100 degrees F.
90%
Arthritis (swollen joints)
90%
Prolonged or extreme fatigue
81%
Skin rashes
74%
Anemia
71%
Kidney involvement
50%
Pain in the chest on deep breathing (pleurisy)
45%
Butterfly-shaped rash across the cheek and nose
42%
Sun or light sensitivity (photosensitivity)
30%
Hair loss
27%
Abnormal blood clotting problems
20%
Raynaud's phenomenon (fingers turning white and/or blue in the cold)
17%
Seizures
15%
Mouth or nose ulcers
12%

 

yeah, i guess that didn't sound too good, huh? i know she use to be in a lot of pain sometimes but she was always on the go. she was like a mtn. woman. she even chewed redman tobacco. She's the lady i found dead when i was younger. I walked right in her house and their she was stiff as a board. she had cut her leg and bled to death.

 

. she had cut her leg and bled to death.

 

Was she a hemophiliac? Did some of the medicine she was taking make her blood thin?

 

Female hemophiliac are rare!

 

Couldn't some of the medicine she was taking cause her to have thinning of the blood?

 

Oh yeah! Coumadin is the most used blood thinner. Aspirin can do the same thing but not as bad. I have seen people on Coumadin come in to the ER from SIMPLE car wrecks and they bled to death from an injury that would have just left a bad bruise on you or I.