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01-03-13, 01:17
So, I recently had a hair cut, and when the hairdresser was finished washing my hair, I thought it looked thinner than I'm used to. I asked her if it was thinning, and she said she thought it herself when she saw it.
So, being self concious about this, I spent more time than usual running my fingers through my hair and analyzing if hairs were present on my hands, and if so, how many? I was noticing 2 or 3 most times when I did this, and by being the health anxiety ridden guy I am, I couldn't control myself from using my drug (google), and looking into hair loss.
I vaguely remember stumbling on lupus signs and symptoms back in November when I was worried about 'bubbly urine'..so some of that knowledge came to the forefront when I started to over analyze everything. I started to read the symptoms and one thing led to another, and here I am again!
So, to give you the jist of my concerns, here is the deal:
I'm a 29 year old white male. I was going through a healh anxiety episode in November over what I thought was bubbly urine (protein!?), and of course had myself convinced I had kidney issues. I went to the doctor and he said based on just talking to me he wouldn't figure I had anything to worry about, but to make me feel better he asked if I wanted a complete blood testing and urinalysis done. I have all the CBC and ESR done. I also had thyroid, cholesterol, renal, etc.. The bloodwork and urine tests came back fine.
So, what is it that I have myself slightly obsessing over now?
- Hair is thinning, and when I run my hands through my hair I see 2 or 3 hairs come off on my hands. I don't know if this is normal or not. I do find this occurs mostly after I have been wearing a hat all day with the front part of my hair pulled back and tucked under my hat. I don't notice as many hairs when my hair isn't styled, and I had recently had a shower and washed my hair
- My left knee aches when it is cold, or after a long day on my feet in poor shoes (I am a wedding photographer).
- I have 'red' on my face. Not sure if it considered malar rash or not...but of course I've over analyzing every inch of it these past few days, and also touching it a lot, which probably doesn't help. I also have dry cheeks this time of year it seems. They are sometimes tight feeling, and you can see white where the skin has cracked or peeled a little Here is a pic of my face at the moment: http://i.imgur.com/lUPZWIh.jpg
- One of the symptoms of lupus is kidney complications. This brings me back to my 'bubbly urine' worries of November. The urinalysis and the renal bloodwork was 'fine' according to my doctor...so I don't know..I'm probably going overboard here and should just take those tests coming back normal as evidence to get over that.
I don't really have any other symptoms..no swelling, no sores on the roof of my mouth, no chest pains, no pain in other joints, i don't think i have sensitivity to the sun etc...
The main things making me wonder is the hair thinning, the knee that aches in the cold or after standing and running around for a long day, the red on my face, and the old worries about bubbles in urine that I already had tested.
So NMP...am I taking something like natural hair thinning of a 29 year old man a little too far here...or do I have reason to panic?
So, being self concious about this, I spent more time than usual running my fingers through my hair and analyzing if hairs were present on my hands, and if so, how many? I was noticing 2 or 3 most times when I did this, and by being the health anxiety ridden guy I am, I couldn't control myself from using my drug (google), and looking into hair loss.
I vaguely remember stumbling on lupus signs and symptoms back in November when I was worried about 'bubbly urine'..so some of that knowledge came to the forefront when I started to over analyze everything. I started to read the symptoms and one thing led to another, and here I am again!
So, to give you the jist of my concerns, here is the deal:
I'm a 29 year old white male. I was going through a healh anxiety episode in November over what I thought was bubbly urine (protein!?), and of course had myself convinced I had kidney issues. I went to the doctor and he said based on just talking to me he wouldn't figure I had anything to worry about, but to make me feel better he asked if I wanted a complete blood testing and urinalysis done. I have all the CBC and ESR done. I also had thyroid, cholesterol, renal, etc.. The bloodwork and urine tests came back fine.
So, what is it that I have myself slightly obsessing over now?
- Hair is thinning, and when I run my hands through my hair I see 2 or 3 hairs come off on my hands. I don't know if this is normal or not. I do find this occurs mostly after I have been wearing a hat all day with the front part of my hair pulled back and tucked under my hat. I don't notice as many hairs when my hair isn't styled, and I had recently had a shower and washed my hair
- My left knee aches when it is cold, or after a long day on my feet in poor shoes (I am a wedding photographer).
- I have 'red' on my face. Not sure if it considered malar rash or not...but of course I've over analyzing every inch of it these past few days, and also touching it a lot, which probably doesn't help. I also have dry cheeks this time of year it seems. They are sometimes tight feeling, and you can see white where the skin has cracked or peeled a little Here is a pic of my face at the moment: http://i.imgur.com/lUPZWIh.jpg
- One of the symptoms of lupus is kidney complications. This brings me back to my 'bubbly urine' worries of November. The urinalysis and the renal bloodwork was 'fine' according to my doctor...so I don't know..I'm probably going overboard here and should just take those tests coming back normal as evidence to get over that.
I don't really have any other symptoms..no swelling, no sores on the roof of my mouth, no chest pains, no pain in other joints, i don't think i have sensitivity to the sun etc...
The main things making me wonder is the hair thinning, the knee that aches in the cold or after standing and running around for a long day, the red on my face, and the old worries about bubbles in urine that I already had tested.
So NMP...am I taking something like natural hair thinning of a 29 year old man a little too far here...or do I have reason to panic?