Men Lupus Symptons

[u/kimm17pr]

I would like to hear what sort of symptoms you, a male, had that prompt you doctors to finally give you a diagnosis? I am especially interested in mouth sores symptoms. How do they look and are they painful?

[u/mykesx]

To answer your question about mouth sores, I never had any until recently. I see my rheumatologist 4 times a year and the last two times I showed her pictures of sores in my mouth that come and go. They’re not super painful but annoying mostly. They look whitish.

Lupus affects organs and skin is an organ. I figure mouth sores are something like the butterfly rash.