Things I want you to know

 Hi Everyone!

 

A few things I would like you to know. The first is, I so appreciate all of you who have commented and emailed me to say how much you have learned about lupus. 

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The second thing is, even though this is lupus awareness month, I recognize and know what people go through with other autoimmune. In fact, autoimmune IS effin autoimmune and the symptoms overlap from one disease to another. This makes them difficult to diagnose. In addition, once you have an autoimmune your body will be open to other diseases that are autoimmune. So for all of my friends that suffer with;

Fibromyalgia, Addison's disease, celiac disease,  dermatomyositis, Graves' disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, inflammatory bowel disease, myasthenia gravis, pernicious anemia, reactive arthritis, Sjogren's, Type 1 diabetes, Giant Cell Myocarditis, Vaculitis, Anti-NMDA receptro encephalitis, multiple sclerosis, and lupus. Know that I honor you as well.

For the most horrible news ever, the last 5 are the worst of the worst and fatal. 

OK, enough of that......

 Did you know that autoimmune makes you sweat? 

We all know that sweating is the bodies way of cooking itself. Excessive sweating called hyperhidrosis is abnormal, profuse sweating that’s generally unrelated to heat or physical exertion. The autonomic nervous system is a part of the CNS. It regulates body functions that we don’t have to think about doing, like controlling breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature. When lupus affects the autonomic nervous system, it can cause a wide range of symptoms, including excessive sweating. Excessive sweating is a common symptom of other autoimmune disorders too. This whole sweating thing gets complicated and doctors just like to throw it aside or blame it on menapause. You have to fight on this one. Many women with lupus have had early life hysterectomies and so it can't be blamed on menapause. There are some treatments for the excessive sweating and if  you are having this problem and have lupus you should talk to your doctor about it. I don't have excessive sweating but I am hot all the time. Even if it is cold in the house or outside. I do sweat but it's not dripping off my clothes. 

That's it for now. If you have any questions email me. I will try to answer them.

 

 Nicole