There are a number of different symptoms of SLE. Most people generally feel tired and unwell and can have a fever. Other common symptoms of SLE are aching joints (arthralgia) and swollen joints (arthritis), particularly in your hands, wrists and knees, a skin rash that may appear on your face and is often butterfly shaped, weight change, sun or light sensitivity (photosensitivity), hair loss(alopecia), ulcers (often in clusters) in your mouth or nose.

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