Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes inflammation and can affect the skin, joints, kidneys, lungs, heart and nervous system. With lupus your body’s immune system attacks your own tissues and organs.
When I was in sixth grade I began to have severe joint pain and swelling. My symptoms now are: joint pain do to my Rheumatoid Arthritis (painful and swollen joints with edema), Malar Rash, fatigue, Raynaud’s, Sjogren’s, photosensitivity, abnormal blood counts (anemia), pain in chest on deep inspiration (Pleurisy), Pericarditis (inflammation of the lining of the heart), hair loss, Lupus headaches, mouth or nose ulcers, and as of just recently neurological symptoms.
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