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Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) has signs and symptoms of a combination of disorders — primarily lupus, scleroderma, and polymyositis. Many people with this uncommon disease also have Sjogren's syndrome.
Lupus is a disease that occurs when your body's immune system attacks your own tissues and organs (autoimmune disease). Inflammation caused by lupus can affect many different body systems — including your joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart and lungs.
My allergy dr thinks I may have hives. I took 2 more tubes of blood and now he thinks it may be Mixed connective tissue syndrome. I am fatigue, dizzy, etc but the other symptoms I really don't have.
Mixed connective tissue disease has signs and symptoms of multiple disorders, making it difficult to diagnose. There's no cure, but medications can help.
I had a positive ANA, and followup ENA showed Mixed Connective Tissue Disease which contains Lupus and 2 others that all overlap. So the test for Lupus was negative and came with a paragraph saying it was included in a combination disease.
The doctors might treat you as a Lupus patient but call it Mixed Connective Tissue Disorder. This label covers immune disorders that do not fit the profile of Lupus because it is not part of your DNA.
I was just diagnosed with MCTD, Fibromyalgia, and Reynauds. Just wanted to connect with others dealing with similar things. I have lots of questions, so I'll try to summarize my situation.
I was told it’s MCTD, because I symptoms of different diseases, so it could be more than Lupus and RA & Psoriatic.
I was diagnosed with MCTD in 2013 and misdiagnosed with fibro many years earlier. I was most recently and correctly diagnosed with sjogrens/lupus. So this can be a tricky diagnosis but definitely manageable!
In people with pulmonary fibrosis, especially idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, shortness of breath can suddenly get worse over a few weeks or days. This is called an acute exacerbation. It can be life-threatening.