can lupus cause weight gain?
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Thyroid problems It's not uncommon for people with lupus to develop autoimmune thyroid disease. The thyroid helps control your body's metabolism. A poorly functioning thyroid can affect vital organs like your brain, heart, kidneys, and liver. It can also result in weight gain or weight loss.
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What is lupus? Lupus is an autoimmune disease that causes swelling (inflammation) and a wide variety of symptoms. Lupus affects everyone differently. Some people have only a few mild symptoms and others have many, more severe symptoms.
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Lupus can present itself in very different ways from person to person. About 80% of people develop joint and muscle pain, skin rashes, fatigue and a general feeling of being unwell. During a lupus flare-up the most common complaints are of flu-like symptoms (with or without fever), fatigue, muscle and joint pains.
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However, fast weight gain can be a sign of an underlying health condition, such as a problem with the thyroid, kidneys, or heart. Anyone who experiences rapid, unexplained weight gain should see their doctor to determine the underlying cause and develop a treatment plan.
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However, it can cause weight gain due to increased accumulation of cellular water in muscle. Long-term side effects include muscle cramping, dehydration, gastrointestinal distress, nausea, and seizures.
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Living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can absolutely lead to weight gain in some individuals. Despite what stereotypes are floating around the community, the internet, or even your doctor's office, not everyone with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis is stick thin.
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Lupus and early menopause have some common symptoms. Sleep problems, heart palpitations, headaches and hot flashes that can occur in lupus and the patient not are menopausal. Irregular periods and bleeding are classic signs of beginning menopause.
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Some medications can also cause lupus-like side effects. However, the term "lupus" is most often used to describe a more severe form of the condition called systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), which can affect many parts of the body, including the skin, joints and internal organs.
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Unfortunately, yes. Lupus causes widespread inflammation that usually involves your skin — particularly on your face and scalp. Lupus can cause the hair on your scalp to gradually thin out, although a few people lose clumps of hair. Loss of eyebrow, eyelash, beard and body hair also is possible.
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Lupus nephritis occurs when lupus autoantibodies affect structures in your kidneys that filter out waste. This causes kidney inflammation and may lead to blood in the urine, protein in the urine, high blood pressure, impaired kidney function or even kidney failure.
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Insulin and weight gain Being overweight is not a risk factor for type 1 diabetes, but that doesn't mean being immune from putting on weight either. Gaining weight with type 1 diabetes is not uncommon but this can be managed.
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Ulcers: Ulcers in the nose or mouth (canker sores) are a common symptom of lupus. 5. Non-erosive arthritis: Lupus patients may experience pain, tenderness, or swelling in their joints. In come cases, they might have excess fluid (effusion) surrounding the joints.
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Lupus is a systemic autoimmune disease that occurs when your body's immune system attacks your own tissues and organs. Inflammation caused by lupus can affect many different body systems — including your joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart and lungs.
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['increased appetite – potentially leading to weight gain.', 'acne.', 'thinned skin that bruises easily.', 'increased risk of infections.', 'mood changes, mood swings and depression.', 'diabetes.', 'high blood pressure.', 'osteoporosis (weak and brittle bones)']
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Men with lupus are reported to have higher rates of impotence. Chronic pain, stiffness and fatigue, as well as certain medications, may decrease libido among people with lupus.
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Weight loss or weight gain with Crohn's or UC Medication side effects – many inflammatory bowel disease patients are put on steroids at some point which usually leads to weight gain. Surgery- it is common for those with Crohn's Disease or ulcerative colitis to undergo at least one surgery.
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Many people with APS have no symptoms and feel relatively fit and well. Some other people with APS, particularly those who also have lupus, get a rash, joint pains, migraines and become very tired, even when they aren't pregnant or don't have blood clots.