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Lupus patient says long covid symptom puzzles her doctors
Original: Since being diagnosed with lupus, my biggest symptom is post exertional malaise. Only that's not a symptom of lupus - it
A patient diagnosed with lupus reports that her most debilitating symptom is post-exertional malaise, which is characteristic of long covid rather than lupus. She says she pressed both her rheumatologist and kidney specialist for answers; the rheumatologist brushed the question aside, while the kidney doctor offered some explanation. The account has sparked discussion about overlapping symptoms between lupus and long covid and how doctors handle diagnostic uncertainty.
Why now: People are discussing the overlap between lupus and long covid symptoms and doctors' difficulty explaining them
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- Since being diagnosed with lupus, my biggest symptom is post exertional malaise. Only that's not a symptom of lupus - it's a symptom of long covid. This week I pressed both my rheum and my kidney doc for answers. My rheum shrugged away the question, but my kidney doc's answer… · jkirkendall@wandering.shop · 20
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