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Originally Posted by deecbee
I'm not 100% sure I know the difference between the two... I'd say it's a dull throb/ache that gets stronger when I try to move (bend, stretch, etc). Not all the time or every day, but enough to acknowledge it.
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Have you ever injured your knee in the past?
What about your neck?
Here is a great image to print; there are full body shots; front & back plus head - each part clicks bigger.
Dermatomes
Next time it happens; mark where the dull ache starts; & try to draw where it goes- say the ache starts in C1; then it throbs; what happens next? Does it turn to headache? Does it affect your eye sight? Or does it go into your shoulders?
I usually write the symptoms on the image to see if there is a pattern. Do you notice it when the rain is coming?
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Originally Posted by deecbee
I have looked into/suspected it might be SD on my scalp... between that and psoriasis and a few other conditions that escape me at the moment, I'm not completely sure which one it might be. Does SD occur on other spots on the body? And do we have any idea what causes it? I'm the kind of person who isn't satisfied with throwing a patch on something, I like to get to the root of it and take care of the problem at its core. Unfortunately, most of the time they have no clue what causes a lot of these skin conditions... they only know how to temporarily make it go away.  |
Pics of Lupus rash
Closest to my hubs rash - but his is more so the red dots; it doesn't get to the large patches like that. His are mostly on his upper back between his shoulder blades; face gets spotty; but mostly around the hair line & it does show up in his scalp & some times on his stomach
Find yourself a
board certified dermatologist - in NJ; they do not have to be board certified; they could be a family physician that now calls themselves a dermatologist.
This will allow you to be prepared the next time you get the rash; they can do a culture on it so that you know if it is or isn't discoid lupus. You can also ask your family Dr if they do that type of biopsy/culture.
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