Hi, I'm hoping someone could help me out, my mom is 54 and just recently out of the hospital for infection in her kidneys. 2 days ago she started to get a rash on her hands and feet and it's hurting, burning, itching, and swelling. So I get on the computer in hopes to find something to help her and came across Lupus.
What my question to you now is this, she has the butterfly rash (has had it for about 9, 10 years now, that we thought could be rosasia) that comes and goes and has for the past year stayed more ofen, she has severe fatigue (so bad that she told me and my sister that her mind wasn't tired but her body was so tired she wished she could die already) unexplained fevers, muscle pain, weakness, chest pain, hair loss for some time, severe headaches, and so on..... could this be Lupus and we didn't even realize it?
She's been this way for about 10 years now all the symptoms, and just recently in the past year gotten so out of control. Her recent hospital stay was for 5 days, she had sepsis (don't know if that's spelled right, sorry if it isn't) from a kidney stone trying to pass that led to a UTI and kidney infection.
In the hospital they found water surrounding her heart, and she had that butterfly rash that was tender to touch and have water touch it, the doctor looked at it and said it was like acne (We know what pimples look like).
We come from a very small town that don't have very many Lupus patients that I know of, but my mom's cousin daughter has it. The fatigue is what scares me the most, she cries all the time and says that she don't understand why she does it. She says she's so tired she can't do anything. She can't even go to the store.
My mom doesn't have any insurance she was working until last May when she injured her knee and and to have surgery ( which still bothers her real bad) and they cut off her long term disability because she didn't get her paperwork back in time. After her hospital stay she received a bill of about 22,000 dollars and is so freaked out about going to the doctors. So if I could gather all kinds of information on this and some opinions on it, maybe I can convince her to go.
I'm so sorry if it seems like I'm rambling I'm just trying to get everything that I can remember out. If anyone can help, PLEASE respond.
Thank you,
Shawna M
What my question to you now is this, she has the butterfly rash (has had it for about 9, 10 years now, that we thought could be rosasia) that comes and goes and has for the past year stayed more ofen, she has severe fatigue (so bad that she told me and my sister that her mind wasn't tired but her body was so tired she wished she could die already) unexplained fevers, muscle pain, weakness, chest pain, hair loss for some time, severe headaches, and so on..... could this be Lupus and we didn't even realize it?
She's been this way for about 10 years now all the symptoms, and just recently in the past year gotten so out of control. Her recent hospital stay was for 5 days, she had sepsis (don't know if that's spelled right, sorry if it isn't) from a kidney stone trying to pass that led to a UTI and kidney infection.
In the hospital they found water surrounding her heart, and she had that butterfly rash that was tender to touch and have water touch it, the doctor looked at it and said it was like acne (We know what pimples look like).
We come from a very small town that don't have very many Lupus patients that I know of, but my mom's cousin daughter has it. The fatigue is what scares me the most, she cries all the time and says that she don't understand why she does it. She says she's so tired she can't do anything. She can't even go to the store.
My mom doesn't have any insurance she was working until last May when she injured her knee and and to have surgery ( which still bothers her real bad) and they cut off her long term disability because she didn't get her paperwork back in time. After her hospital stay she received a bill of about 22,000 dollars and is so freaked out about going to the doctors. So if I could gather all kinds of information on this and some opinions on it, maybe I can convince her to go.
I'm so sorry if it seems like I'm rambling I'm just trying to get everything that I can remember out. If anyone can help, PLEASE respond.
Thank you,
Shawna M