A couple of strange symptoms

Yes the lights might be making the scores worse. I break out in church all the time because of the lights.You can buy filters for the lights. OK I'm guessing the hand and vein thing is your Lupus u most likely have Raynaud's Syndrome it causes hands and feet veins to turn purple or blue. You have inflammation from Lupus so once you hit the warm shower your blood will come to the surface we have bad circulation. Does your hand and feet turn purple when you sit? Do they get cold and then hot other times, numb? I take a baby asprine every. I thought a lot of my problems were from mold years ago. I even moved thinking I would feel better.It was all Lupus crap. This disease is not fun. Good luck.Ps Raynaud's is very common tag along with SLE lupus.

Thank you to you both. I know what Raynauds is, but was under the impression that it was from the cold and this only seems to happen in the hot shower so I was confused. I will ask the landlord about changing out the bulb, would one of those full spectrum bulbs be any healthier for lupus? There is no other place for another light fixture other than the 6 ft one as there are mirrors over the entire vanity countertop.

 Thanks again~

Are there other lights in the bathroom? Just leave them off if you can use the overhead lights.
They do sell the covers for the lights online though. Just google "UV filters for fluorescent lights". They had to install them in my classroom last year for me.

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Joy
Lupus, Fibromyalgia, Glaucoma, Asthma, Hypothyriodism, Sleep Apnea, Degenerative Disk and Facet Disease, and Allergies

When life throws you lemons....
Pick them up and throw them right back at them! :))

I will also google the filters.. I was not aware there was such a thing. Thanks!