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Muscle Weakness? Posted 3/17/2011 9:04 PM (GMT -6) Muscle weakness and muscle loss (death of cells) are 2 different issues. Lupus can cause muscles to weaken but disuse atrophy (less activity) over a long period of time can profoundly weaken muscles. If your muscles are just weakened they can be restrengthened with PT and exercise.
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Muscle Weakness Posted 3/18/2007 12:45 PM (GMT -6) Others have told you that muscle weakness can be a symptom of lupus. It can also be a symptom of a connecitve tissue disease like the one I have. Mixed connective tissue disease which is a combination of lupus, scleroderma and polymyositis.
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Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) - Symptoms Many people have these symptoms: 1  Fatigue: Lupus causes mild to extreme fatigue. 2  Even mild cases of lupus make it hard to do daily activities and exercise. 3  Increased fatigue is a classic sign that a symptom flare is about to occur.4  Joint and muscle pain: Joints may be painful, red, and warm. Fatigue: Lupus causes mild to extreme fatigue. 2  Even mild cases of lupus make it hard to do daily activities and exercise. 3  Increased fatigue is a classic sign that a symptom flare is about to occur. 4  Joint and muscle pain: Joints may be painful, red, and warm. 5  They may swell.
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Diagnosing and managing lupus-related conditions such as synovitis, myalgia, myositis, tendonitis, osteonecrosis, osteoporosis, joint infection, and fibromyalgia Pain in Muscles or Tendons Around the Joints Due to Lupus Often patients complain of pain that does not come from the joint itself, but rather the muscles (myalgia and/or myositis) or tendons (tenosynovitis or tendonitis) around the joint.
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Slideshow: A Visual Guide to Understanding Lupus When lupus begins, it can look a lot like rheumatoid arthritis, which causes joint pain and swelling, or fibromyalgia, which causes fatigue and pain. One aspect that sets lupus apart is the combination of skin rashes with joint pain and fatigue.ymptoms may be limited to the skin, but more often lupus also causes internal problems such as joint pain. In severe cases, it can damage the heart, kidneys, and other vital organs. Although there's no cure, there are treatments that can minimize the damage.
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- Easing Joint and Muscle Pain. For many people, joint pain and stiffness are the first symptoms of lupus, or a sign that a flare is coming on. Joints in the hands, wrists and feet get stiff and painful to move, sometimes so much so that it is hard to get up from a chair or button a shirt.The shoulders, knees and ankles also get stiff sometimes.asing Joint and Muscle Pain. For many people, joint pain and stiffness are the first symptoms of lupus, or a sign that a flare is coming on. Joints in the hands, wrists and feet get stiff and painful to move, sometimes so much so that it is hard to get up from a chair or button a shirt.
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Human Physiology/Print Version 1 Signs and symptoms of kidney problems may include generalized itching, chest pain, nausea, vomiting and leg swelling (edema).  Brain and central nervous system. If your brain is affected by lupus, you may experience headaches, dizziness, behavior changes, hallucinations, and even strokes or seizures.
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- Resource Content. Because lupus can affect so many different organs, a wide range of signs and symptoms can occur. These symptoms may come and go, and different symptoms may appear at different times during the course of the disease. The most common symptoms of lupus (which are the same for men and women) are: Extreme fatigue (tiredness) Headaches
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- These symptoms may come and go, and different symptoms may appear at different times during the course of the disease. The most common symptoms of lupus, which are the same for females and males, are: 1  Extreme fatigue (tiredness)  Headaches.
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11 Symptoms Used to Diagnose Lupus Lupus can trigger a variety of brain and nervous system problems, including nonspecific symptoms like anxiety, headaches, and vision problems. However, two additional concrete symptoms make the list: seizures and psychosis, which is a break from reality and can include delusions and hallucinations.
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- lupus an autoimmune disease happens when the immune system attacks its tissues causing inflammation swelling pain and damagelupus symptoms include fatigue joint pain fever and a lupus rashupus an autoimmune disease happens when the immune system attacks its tissues causing inflammation swelling pain and damage
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How lupus affects the muscles, tendons and joints Lupus Arthritis. Lupus arthritis causes pain, stiffness, swelling, tenderness and warmth in your joints. The joints most often affected are the ones farthest from the middle of the body, such as fingers, wrists, elbows, knees, ankles and toes.
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Understanding Lupus -- the Basics SLE can also affect other parts of the skin elsewhere on the body. Aside from the visible effects of systemic lupus, the disease may also inflame and/or damage the connective tissue in the joints, muscles, and skin, along with the membranes surrounding or within the lungs, heart, kidneys, and brain. SLE can also cause kidney disease. Brain involvement is rare, but for some, lupus can cause confusion, depression, seizures, and strokes. Blood vessels may come under attack with systemic lupus. This can cause sores to develop on the skin, especially the fingers. Some lupus patients get Raynaud's syndrome, which makes the small blood vessels in the skin contract, preventing blood from getting to the hands and feet -- especially in response to cold.
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Overview Lupus is a chronic inflammatory disease that occurs when your body's immune system attacks your own tissues and organs. Inflammation caused by lupus can affect many different body systems — including your joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart and lungs. Lupus can be difficult to diagnose because its signs and symptoms often mimic those of other ailments. The most distinctive sign of lupus — a facial rash that resembles the wings of a butterfly unfolding across both cheeks — occurs in many but not all cases of lupus.
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10 Early Signs of Lupus Lupus is an autoimmune disease that causes swelling (inflammation) and a wide variety of symptoms. Lupus affects everyone differently. Some people have only a few mild symptoms and others have many, more severe symptoms. Symptoms usually start in early adulthood, anywhere from the teen years into the 30s. People with lupus generally experience flare-ups of symptoms followed by periods of remission.
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- Prior to the onset of a flare, lupus patients may notice a number of indicative signs: Out of proportion and persistent fatigue. Persistent weakness. Aching all over. Slight to high fever. Persistent loss of appetite. Involuntary weight loss. Increasing hair loss.
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- An autoimmune disease occurs when the body's tissues are attacked by its own immune system. Patients with lupus have unusual antibodies in their blood that are targeted against their own body tissues. Lupus can cause disease of the skin, heart, lungs, kidneys, joints, and nervous system. When only the skin is involved, the condition is called discoid lupus. When internal organs are involved, the condition is called systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
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How lupus affects the muscles, tendons and joints Inflammation is the most common reason for muscle pain and aches. Any time that major inflammation exists (strep throat, hepatitis, cancer, lupus, acute heart attack, etc.), signs and symptoms often include fevers, sweats, chills, fatigue, weight loss, and various muscle aches, pains and weakness.t is not uncommon for people with lupus to experience muscle aches and pain (myalgias) or have inflammation of certain muscle groups (myositis), which causes weakness and loss of strength. More than 90 percent of people with lupus will experience joint and/or muscle pain at some time during the course of their illness.
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Diagnosis A different type of medication, belimumab (Benlysta) administered intravenously, also reduces lupus symptoms in some people. Side effects include nausea, diarrhea and infections. Rarely, worsening of depression can occur.
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- The symptoms you have depend on what areas of your body the lupus is affecting. But the most common ones include: Intense fatigue; Fever; Severe joint pain and muscle aches; Skin rash on the face or body; Extreme sun sensitivity; Weight loss; Chest pain on taking a deep breath; Nose, mouth, or throat sores; Enlarged lymph nodes
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- 1 Common symptoms include fatigue, hair loss, sensitivity to the sun (photosensitivity), painful and swollen joints, unexplained fever, skin rashes, and kidney problems. 2  In general the diagnosis of lupus is based off of a combination of physical symptoms and laboratory results.
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- Lupus is an autoimmune disease that causes swelling (inflammation) and a wide variety of symptoms. Lupus affects each individual uniquely. Some people have only a few mild symptoms and others have many, more severe symptoms. Symptoms usually start in early adulthood, anywhere from the teen years to the 30s.
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- 1 Lupus can cause serious kidney damage, and kidney failure is one of the leading causes of death among people with lupus. 2  Signs and symptoms of kidney problems may include generalized itching, chest pain, nausea, vomiting and leg swelling (edema). 3  Brain and central nervous system.
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Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) - Symptoms Lupus symptoms depend on what body organs are affected and how seriously they are affected. Common symptoms. Many people have these symptoms: Fatigue: Lupus causes mild to extreme fatigue. Even mild cases of lupus make it hard to do daily activities and exercise. Increased fatigue is a classic sign that a symptom flare is about to occur.
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Lupus and the Heart Myocarditis Occasionally the heart muscle proper can become inflamed in lupus patients. Chest pain, similar to what occurs with pericarditis, or shortness of breath may occur. Once again, most patients will have minimal symptoms, if any, but in more severe cases the heart muscle becomes permanently damaged.
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Human Physiology/Print Version 1 Lupus can cause serious kidney damage, and kidney failure is one of the leading causes of death among people with lupus. Signs and symptoms of kidney problems may include generalized itching, chest pain, nausea, vomiting and leg swelling (edema).  Brain and central nervous system.