She’s Explaining The Symptoms She Thought Were Normal, But Actually Pointed To An Autoimmune Disease
Nicky, who goes by @nickyshairandbeauty on TikTok, is on a mission to raise awareness for the symptoms she thought were normal for years but actually pointed to an autoimmune disease.
She was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis recently, and medical professionals suspect that she might have lupus as well, so she’s still waiting to find that out.
While Nicky knows that every autoimmune disease is unique, she’s come to learn that many of them share similar symptoms.
She’s hoping that by talking about her experience, she can help other people who might be suffering from an autoimmune disease without even knowing it.
“So it’s like as if these were warning signs, and then 9 weeks ago, I couldn’t get out of bed, and my life has just changed,” Nicky explained in her video.
Nicky said the first symptom she experienced started years ago: she would wake up in excruciating pain, and her entire body would be hurting.
However, the pain was short-lived, and it would subside after 30 seconds to one full minute. That short duration led Nicky to believe that it wasn’t something she should be alarmed by.
In fact, she moved on and forgot about it, as it didn’t take up much of her day.
Nicky then began to realize that she would come home from work aching, but since she has a busy career as a business owner, she suspected that was why she wasn’t feeling her best.
TikTok – @nickyshairandbeauty – pictured above is Nicky
But then the aching started to happen when Nicky hadn’t been at work or doing much of anything at all.
“When I say aching, I mean like I feel like I’ve ran a marathon,” Nicky clarified about the sensation.
Her inability to control her body heat was another symptom. It could be freezing cold outside in the dead of winter, and Nicky would be so hot and sweaty she felt as if she was boiling.
She also was not able to sit in the sun, frequently got rashes, and felt like she was “cooking from the inside out.”
Additionally, Nicky has had joint pain in her hands, which she chalked up to her career as a hairdresser. That makes sense, as hairdressers always have scissors or combs in their hands.
Moving on to another symptom – Nicky has struggled with sleep for years to the point where she could not fall asleep many nights.
Playing into that, Nicky constantly felt tired and fatigued, and it was so bad that it proved hard for her to get up and function on a daily basis.
Nicky runs a salon, so it was easy for her to reassure herself that this again was related to her career.
And there you have it: a list of all the symptoms Nicky experienced that actually weren’t normal at all.
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