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Admitted For A Virus. Was Dehydrated, BP Very Low. Pain In Legs, Memory Loss. Diagnosed Fibromyalgia, Testing Lupus. Fluid Overload?
My daughter is 22 years old. She was fine until august, 2012, she was admitted into the hospital for a virus. She was dehydrated and blood pressure dropped very low. She was overloaded with fluid and had to be transferred to a bigger hospital. She has had tremendous amount of pain in legs, wrists, complains now of headeaches and memory loss. She was diagnosed with fibromyalgia but now her reumotologist is testing for lupus. Could this have occurred from fluid overload or do you think it was already in her system
Fri, 23 Aug 2013
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Fluid overload can cause symptoms such as swelling in the arms, legs, abdomen. It can also result in the accumulation of fluid in the lungs which would cause shortness of breath.
Fluid overload would not cause fibromyalgia or contribute to the development of autoimmune diseases such as lupus.
Blood tests would be able to determine if lupus, RA or any of the other autoimmune diseases is contributing to her symptoms.
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Fluid overload can cause symptoms such as swelling in the arms, legs, abdomen. It can also result in the accumulation of fluid in the lungs which would cause shortness of breath.
Fluid overload would not cause fibromyalgia or contribute to the development of autoimmune diseases such as lupus.
Blood tests would be able to determine if lupus, RA or any of the other autoimmune diseases is contributing to her symptoms.
I hope this helps
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