The symptoms you describe (hepatitis, blisters on the lips, mouth, nose, osteo-arthritis, high blood pressure, memory loss, depression) are probably the result of systemic lupus erithematosus (SLE). SLE is an autoimmune disease wherein the immune system creates antibodies against the body's owns structures. Antibodies and antigens together create immune complexes that can be precipitated into various organs: the skin, kidneys, nervous system, joints, muscles, lungs, heart, gastrointestinal tract, eyes, blood cells, etc. Immune complexes cause chronic inflammation in the organs where they are precipitated. Chronic inflammation then causes progressive damage of those organs.
The nervous system can be affected during SLE and manifest as: seizures, extra-pyramidal signs, lesions of the cranial nerves, polyneuritis, and psychiatric symptoms (depression, psychosis etc.).
SLE is treated with corticosteroids, immunomodulators, immunosupressors, and other anti-inflammatory drugs. Therapeutic response to drugs and doses are strictly individual.
Prognosis of this disease depends upon the level of damage to the vital organs and systems (kidneys, heart and brain).
You need an expert opinion from a neurologist and a rheumatologist.
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