Dont shoot the messenger, but have you looked at Dermatomyositis? I turn all kinds of shades of purple on the backs of my hands and knuckles. Plus my eyes look sunken and dark quite often. Ive got...
I thought I was the only one who didnt gain weight on the steroids. I'm 6'5'' and weighed 250 three months ago before my latest, most severe, and the flare that got me diagnosed with SLE and DM...
Another vote, actually two, for the possibility of surgery causing SLE lupus. My Dad was 36 when he had surgery for a hernia and soon afterwards is body went to garbage and he was diagnosed a couple...