Understanding Brain Fog in Lupus Patients

For patients with lupus, the tendencies and intensities of headaches experienced may be two times the case with the general population. These headaches commonly referred to as lupus headaches usually come in the form of a migraine and may also be triggered by vasculitis, a symptom of active lupus due to inflammation of the blood vesicles. Vasculitis is a very serious form of CNS lupus and is characterized by high degree fevers, psychosis and stiffness of the neck in a manner that could resemble meningitis. The CNS vasculitis is arguably the most dangerous form of the lupus brain autoimmune disease and once it attacks the nervous system, hospitalization is almost nearly certain in most cases alongside the use and administration of high dosages of Corticosteroids to suppress the symptoms and effects of the inflammation.

Headaches are quite popular in cases of lupus and usually tend to be the main culprit when diagnosis is run.