Study Suggests that Lupus Patients Are At Risk for Dementia
The symptoms of lupus
Lupus can have many symptoms that differ from one person to another. Some of the most common are:
- Joint pain or swelling
- Muscle pain
- Fever without any apparent cause
- Red rashes on the skin, usually on the face (these could be shaped as a butterfly)
- Pain in the chest when breathing deeply
- Hair loss
- Pale or purple fingers and toes
- Skin sensitivity to the sun
- Swelling in the legs or around the eyes
- Ulcers in the mouth
- Inflamed glands
- Exhaustion
Symptoms can appear and disappear, and these are called "outbreaks". Outbreaks can be mild or severe, and new symptoms can appear at any time.
