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Autoimmune Disorder Symptoms

Lupus
For this type of autoimmune disorder, symptoms can include:
 
  • Swelling and damage to the joints, skin, kidneys, heart, lungs, blood vessels, and brain
  • "Butterfly" rash across the nose and cheeks
  • Rashes on other parts of the body
  • Painful and swollen joints
  • Sensitivity to the sun.
 
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
For this type of autoimmune disorder, symptoms can include:
 
  • Weakness and trouble with coordination, balance, speaking, and walking
  • Paralysis
  • Tremors
  • Numbness and tingling feeling in arms, legs, hands, and feet.
 
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
For this type of autoimmune disorder, symptoms can include:
 
  • Inflammation begins in the tissue lining your joints and then spreads to the whole joint
  • Muscle pain
  • Deformed joints
  • Weakness
  • Fatigue
  • Loss of appetite
  • Weight loss
  • Becoming confined to bed in severe cases.

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Written by/reviewed by: Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
Last reviewed by: Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
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