I have Lupus and I cannot stop from eating sushis and sashimis. I have not been feeling pain at all so I’m just wondering is it doing anything internally?

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I have Lupus as well and have never heard anything about it. Although I must admit that I am not a big seafood eater. I have read lots of info and have never seen anything about it. If you don’t get any concrete answers I would check with your specialist just to be safe. Two things that I have read that aren’t good for Lupus are alfalfa sprouts and aspartame.

I am continually developing allergic reactions to medications and it is really getting bad. Tonight, I took aspirin and broke out in hives and my eyes swelled together. That leaves only Tylenol for me to take when I have pain. What happens when I develop an allergy to it? I have yo-yo ANA, speckled. C-3 and C-4 is yo-yo as well, so I have not been diagnosed with Lupus.

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I haven’t seen any studies that has shown that women are more likely to be allergic to medications but it makes sense because of the fact that women’s bodies don’t process the medicines the same way a man’s body does. They are trying to do more research in to gender specific medical treatment to make it easier to treat women.

I have met a number of people (a lot of them women) that are allergic to dyes in the medications.

Yes, it is possible that for some if Lupus is an issue it could make it harder to take medications. This would be an interesting question for a rheumatologist as well.