Common Lupus Myths: Lupus Causes Widespread Pain

Dr. George Stojan with the Johns Hopkins Lupus Center discusses the myth that Lupus causes widespread pain.

[Kiwiipop]

That’s bullshit. I have Systemic Lupus and it has caused me extreme pain since middle school due to inflammation.

[Allturnstodust]

Why does every joint in my body hurt and I constantly get fevers

[a.h.s]

You have no clue what you are talking about

[Lifewiththeemartinarenee]

So what do we use??? Lyrica or Gabapintin don’t work...

[a.h.s]

Sle lupus can kill painfully slowly or fast there was an young 19yr old that died of it the other day they had an fast death from it.

[a.h.s]

Can you explain to me why I have blackouts and went paralyzed for an few seconds to hours during flares, I'm feeling burning and numbness and tingling in my legs with eye pain and some blurred vision

[cotysedlock]

Multiple Connective and unknown Connective tissue disease and Fibromyalgia causes the pain. I was told that many auto immune diseases can overlap, and often can be misconstrued as Lupus because it's a mimick disease. I myself have been diagnosed with CVD(m/u ctd) with Fibromyalgia and a variant of Lupus in the sle family. Most of my pain comes from the other auto immune diseases I present with, but the only thing the Lupus is affecting is my kidneys and my hands and feet, for now.

[a.h.s]

I have to take prednisone to keep my oxygen levels up and to help with uncomfortable lung pain with shortness of breath it helps me to breathe and keep up my oxygen levels since it's attacking my lungs without the prednisone my oxygen levels with drop low in the 70s and 80s then I will have alot uncomfortable lung pain with shortness of breath