Ragpuss, your husband went to doctor google and he's convinced its lupus. Lol. I have lupus and I didn't think it was lupus. Do you have a butterfly rash? Now I'm a lucky one when it comes to lupus. Lupus affects the organs. I have it in my skin, the largest organ we have. So this means I'm not going to die from it, I'm just going to suffer in pain the rest of my life from it. If it were in another organ your time would be limited.
Lupus is your immune system attacking your body.
It thinks there is something wrong in the organ. Now the body will begin to heal the organ and won't stop until the organ dies.
Say you have a cut on your hand. You first get a scab, to seal off the body from more damage. You notice around the cut is all red.now the bodys healing process is beging killing the cells around the cut. So it won't spread throughout the body. It puts puss around it to seal the area too. Once the body feels the cells have died it stops killing it. Then it let's the blood cell do the rest of the healing. The skin closes and the scab falls off. Then its all back to normal.
Now with lupus, when the body was killing the cells around the cut and it stopped to let the blood cells work? Well our immune system doesn't stop killing the cells. Until its dead. In my case, it won't stop until I get a new pimple or sun burn or skin related problem. Then it stops kilIing there and moves to the new spot. I hope this helps your husband understand lupus. Have him continue consulting Dr google for a different answer before he says your dieing.
Good luck and do research, and make informed decision's about your illness.