Quote Originally Posted by sparks19 View Post
Yeah he needs to go to a specialist so they can figure out what "kind" of lupus it is and then they can figure out treatment for it.

When we all started discussing the idea that it might be lupus it just made a lot of sense and he's slowly been showing signs over the past few years. First was the joint pain. He always complained about how his shoulders would get so bad he couldn't lift his arm. He just attributed it to all the painting and maintenance work he was doing but even with arthritis you don't get as bad as he was and arthritis can get pretty bad.

Then he got sick and has been battling that for over a year. Then the rash and reaction to the sun started and I think that's when my mom really started looking at lupus.

They say it's a disease that mostly affects women but seems to be affecting more and more men.
Yes, they are all typical symptoms, especially the joints, thats what starts usually first, and it lasts a long time before your body starts feeling ill.
My ex never got the rash, nor was she exhibiting any symptoms when in the sun......but who knows, it was a long time ago now....perhaps a day in the sun would give her joint pain a day or two later....it's hard to put 2 and 2 together really.
And yeah.....it was mostly women, as I said, it started with Asian women who lived in western countries.......there were no cases in Asia at all.
Now men are getting it......it MUST be something in the environment that causes it.