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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

NightWatcher

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7. I think my initial flare of lupus/dermatomyositis was triggered by an accident

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Fri Apr 18, 2014, 08:06 PM

Apr 2014

I was hiking in the mountains, felt light headed, passed out, hit my head on the rocks, dislocated both shoulders, and had a seizure (so they tell me). After that, I went downhill until I ended up in the ER a year later and was diagnosed with SLE/DM

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Well, that's one way to treat autoimmune disease - [View all] hedgehog Apr 2014 OP

I hope you did indeed have a silver lining! dixiegrrrrl Apr 2014 #1

were you taking anything? mopinko Apr 2014 #2

Wow! I missed that thread - I hope you both are doing much better! hedgehog Apr 2014 #4

i have a lot of symptoms, too. mopinko Apr 2014 #5

I've always noticed that sometimes stress can dial the disease down a notch Warpy Apr 2014 #3

Almost getting seriously injured n a car wreck seems to work, hedgehog Apr 2014 #6

I think my initial flare of lupus/dermatomyositis was triggered by an accident NightWatcher Apr 2014 #7

A concussion can tear connections between brain cells and do damage to the cells themselves - hedgehog Apr 2014 #8

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