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I was diagnosed with Medically Induced Lupus but I don’t take any meds
Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Aug 27, 2022 | Replies (13)Comment receiving replies
I contracted Covid four months ago. Since then it’s been one strange thing after another. Most recently I broke out in a rash all over my body. With my doctor away I went to the ER. They were very quick to say it was Lyme. I’m not convinced. they seemed to be basing that diagnosis on the fact that I had a fever followed by a rash. However, I also had cough, scratchy throat, muscle aches and pains, a very painful spine, abdominal pain, increased heart rate, dizziness etc… In fact every single one of my Covid symptoms accompanied the fever and rash. I think I’m having an auto immune response to Covid. I guess I’ll know for sure when the blood work comes back. Any thoughts?
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Auto-immune skin disorders seem to be very common with long covid. Don't be too surprised if your labs don't return anything that supports a diagnosis. Mine didn't. I was experiencing frequent flushes on my chest neck and face and intermittent rashes. I would flush so red I looked sunburned 15 times a day. My allergist pegged it really fast during my physical exam. The flushing was actually underlying hives. He diagnosed it as Hives with Mast Cell involvement.
He started me on Xolair allergy shots. It took a few months to get the levels high enough to get ahead of the inflammation. After that it knocked out a lot of my Long covid symptoms. Unfortunately the Statin reaction symptoms over lapped and we assumed Long Covid was causing more issues. Now that we have it all untangled hopefully the Statin reaction will slowly resolve.