How can a person know how long they have had Lupus before they were diagnosed?!
Question: How can a person know how long they have had Lupus before they were diagnosed!?
I have just been told that I have Lupus SLE and was wondering if anyone knew how to tell how long you have had it, before it was detected!? I can't remember ever having any of the symptoms before, but I have read a lot of articles that stated that some people were misdiagnosed for 5 to 7 years before they found out that they had Lupus!. Thanks for any help you can give me! Www@Answer-Health@Com
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I don't think there's any way to be certain how long you've had the disease before being diagnosed!. Lupus is very hard to diagnose because the early symptoms are so mild that they are dismissed as just "normal" illnesses!. Some of the warning signs are persistent colds, headaches, joint pain, rash, swollen lymph glands, extreme tiredness, and depression that don't respond to medication or treatment!. Most times these things are blamed on stress!. My daughter suffers from Systemic Lupus!. It took several years for her to be diagnosed!. By then the disease had progressed and symptoms became more apparent!. I am sorry to hear of your diagnosis!. If I can be of any help to you, please feel free to email me!. I know what you're going through and I can probably answer a lot of questions you might have!. If ever you need a friendly ear, I'm available!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I was diagnosed with Fibromayalgia in 1989!. I attributed all my symptoms to that until I was taken to the ER with heart failure ( I had no clue) in 2005!. It turns out, at some point I also developed lupus, which affected my heart!.
Looking back, I probably had the Lupus for 6-7 years before I actually went into heart failure then another 1!.5 years for them to figure out that Lupus was the cause!. That's a total of approximately 7-8 years!.
I take Plaquenil, Prednisone, Skelaxin, and various pain meds at this point for treatment of the Lupus!.
Best of luck to you!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Looking back, I probably had the Lupus for 6-7 years before I actually went into heart failure then another 1!.5 years for them to figure out that Lupus was the cause!. That's a total of approximately 7-8 years!.
I take Plaquenil, Prednisone, Skelaxin, and various pain meds at this point for treatment of the Lupus!.
Best of luck to you!Www@Answer-Health@Com
I'm not sure!. I recently have been wondering if that is what I have!. I looked up the symptoms and have been experiencing some of them since I was 12!. (now 34), and many of them now!. Www@Answer-Health@Com