I went through much the same as this girl did, although my “Lupus” turned out to be an overlap with systemic sclerosis (internal scleroderma)
These auto imune diseases are extremely hard to diagnose because the symtoms vary so widely and mimic other disease symptoms.
But, it’s becoming more and more evident that developing these kind of auto immune diseases is preceded by some kind of trauma, in my case it was surgery on my leg, but it could easily be anything that causes stress to the imune system.
Sorry to hear about your Scleroderma.
I’m very familiar with autoimmune diseases, as I work in a clinic that once had a Pediatric Rheumatologist. He had a handful of scleroderma patients, one of whom had Pansclerotic Morphea (a local scleroderma that affects the skin; there are only 30 some cases in the entire medical literature; extremely rare).
I’m not gung ho either way on this vaccine. Like any foreign substance we put in our body, there is a potential for adverse reaction, whether it be something as simple as eating peanuts and going into an anaphylactic reaction, taking an antibiotic and developing Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, or getting a vaccine and having a major adverse reaction. Many people believe that if the FDA clears something, that it is without risk. NOTHING is without risk. It’s all risk vs. benefit.
Given that there are SO many variables here, there may be something occurring from the vaccine that wasn’t picked up in the clinical trials.
My best friend has POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) and she went through a terrible time - onset of symptoms to diagnosis was like six months. She got sick at work (she was an RN), and didn't leave her own hospital for two weeks. She couldn't walk for a while (severe balance issues), had to use a wheelchair, went to heart specialists, neuro specialists, psychiatrists (the other specialists were so stumped that they tried to tell her it was all in her head -like she could psychosomatically induce dangerously low blood pressure, or poor blood flow to the extremities), was tested and tested and retested and was finally diagnosed with POTS months later by a cardiologist who specializes in auto immune disorders.
But, it’s becoming more and more evident that developing these kind of auto immune diseases is preceded by some kind of trauma, in my case it was surgery on my leg, but it could easily be anything that causes stress to the imune system.
She and her drs think hers was triggered by a bad stomach virus, that she always had the genetic propensity for it, but it didn't kick in until the virus.