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Hair on skin feeling but no hair

TrudieC

I am in the midst of finalizing a diagnosis of Lupus. I often feel like I have a hair on or bugs crawling on my arms and head and now fe...

9 answers | 3 comments

Spreading numbness, tingling itchy sensation and more, ran out of options... :((

EdRo2012

I'm a 46 y old man. It starts a year ago in April with a numb point just above my right upper lip . In one week I got two more numb poi...

Pain with positive ANA, ran out of ideas

zestyequinox

Firstly, I'm not sure if all of these symptom are related. I'm 21 years old and have been having extreme joint pain in the past couple...

h-pylori, the only cause of vitiligo

wfrozan

Dear Dr. I was diagnosed with vitiligo recently and I came across a book which was actually the only source that provided a root cause fo...

26 answers | 2 comments

Nucleolar ANA Pattern--Scleroderma or Lupus?

floridagirl11

Hello, Recently, I had two labs run ANA panels on me and they both came back as positive with a 1:160 titer result, Nucleolar pattern...

9 answers | 5 comments

Positive ANA Swelling in Hands, Ankles, Knees, Wrists

GS712

I will try to make this short and I appreciate your thoughts. My problem started last year, April 12th, 2008 to be exact. I woke up with...

12 answers

Unusual causes of widespread joint pain

Magpiemoles

I have widespread bilateral pain in elbows/hands/shoulders/ knees/ lowerback and now both insteps of my feet. I have essential thrombocyt...

Autoimmune disorder, anxiety, or both?

gd2005

Hi Everyone, I'm curious to see if anyone else has had similar symptoms. I began having abnormal neurological symptoms in 2006 (sud...

9 answers | 1 comment

CMV symptoms and anxiety

Catalin88

Hello everyone, I am a male of 29 years old, 5 weeks ago I started to have many symptoms, which appeared after two sexual intercourses...

3 answers | 1 comment

alopecia triggered by hepatitis b vaccine

WorriedMOM1000

My daughter is now 7. In December '07 i noticed a quarter sized bald spot under her hair - it had obviously been there for 4-8 weeks gett...

6 answers | 3 comments

Mystery hives and a complicated medical history

DeanQueen

One month ago ( around the time that I stopped nursing my 10-month-old) I started getting random lip swelling. From there it turned into...

2 answers

What would cause a fever for 4 weeks and then fatigue and joint/muscle pain.

Cbarlow19

Woke up switch swollen lymphnodes in groin and a swollen testical. Dr ran tests and gave me antibiotics. Swelling and lymphnodes went a...

how does sjogrens syndrome effect the lungs?

mikewaterfall

how can sjogrens syndrome cause Bronchiectasis? can lung issues be avoided without taking immune suppressant tablets? as having immune s...

Sjogrens and Celiac

Purvist9

I was wondering if anyone who has Sjogrens also has Celiac? If so what were your symptoms? Thanks T

11 answers | 1 comment

Anyone have onset of autoimmune disease after taking antivirals?

MandyWriter

I cannot be the first to notice that most antivirals only stimulate the immune system and do not actually kill the virus. What happens if...

Mixed Connective Tissue Disorder

gbsmcs

I am a 63 yo man who was healthy until 5 years ago when I developed an onset of joint pain, headaches, fevers up to 104.0, chills, nausea...

4 answers | 1 comment

Autoimmune disease or am I just "Weird"?

ashonts

Medical Mystery 101 - I am a 31 year old female, who was formerly highly active with insomnia-like tenancies and even got told that I w...

2 answers | 2 comments

Lupus and PVCs?

chewb3ca

My wife has been Dx'ed with Lupus for a while now. She initially did chemo and steroids to get everything under control, and while she i...

Sudden white spots on lower legs with relapse?

Sarahwillis76

I had sudden white round areas on my lower legs with my last MS relapse. They have since disappeared but intermittently showing. I have d...

Help me figure this out ...

MindyHuey

I've had a growing number of autoimmune symptoms since last fall. The most recent (having persisted for a few weeks now) is a weird disco...

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