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Mixed connective tissue disease
Mixed connective tissue disease is a broad disorder where the body's immune system attacks one's own tissues, affecting the connective tissues of the skin, joins, and muscles.
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What are the tests for mixed connective tissue disease?
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What is the life expectancy for someone with mixed connective tissue disease?
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What's the difference between mixed connective tissue disease and fibromyalgia? Im confused.
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What are the effects of mixed connective tissue disease in pregnancy?
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What medicines work best for mixed connective tissue disease?
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A 41-year old asked:
I know this dude who has mixed connective tissue disease. What is that?
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A 37-year old asked:
What are the major presenting symptoms of mixed connective tissue disease?
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A 28-year old female asked:
In a dx of mixed connective tissue disease, is it the ANAs alone that makes one feel crummy during flares if the other labs are normal?
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A 39-year old asked:
How do mixed connective tissue disease affect bladder control?
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A 29-year old asked:
What are the differences between myofascial pain syndrome and mixed connective tissue disease?
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A 61-year old female asked:
I am taking Sulfasalizine for Mixed Connective Tissue Disease. I have developed thrush. Would this med. be the cause?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Can a person have Mixed Connective Tissue Disease with a positive ANA and low positive RNP levels?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Can Mixed Connective Tissue Disease be diagnosed with a Positive ANA and positive RNP anitibodies?
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A 33-year old female asked:
I have Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, am I starting kidney issues now? Frothy clear pee, bad breath, constant urination, pain in left side often.
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A 29-year old female asked:
I was told that I either have SLE or Mixed connective tissue disease (I already have a Rheumatology appt) I was just wondering what's the difference?
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A 45-year old asked:
Would a potential carrier of a rare disease be allowed to donate organs, tissues, blood, etc.?
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A member asked:
What is the definition or description of: Connective Tissue Disease?
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A 30-year old asked:
What is undifferentiated connective tissue disease in lay man's terms?
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A member asked:
Whats the difference between connective tissue disease and lupus?
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A 56-year old female asked:
Is there a connection between lupus and connective tissue disease?
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A 30-year old asked:
How would I be diagnosed with a connective tissue disease (lupus)?
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A 40-year old asked:
Chronic inflammation of body tissues and joints, is this a disease?
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A 46-year old asked:
What's the difference between fibromyalgia & connective tissue disease?
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A 33-year old asked:
What's the difference between fibromyalgia and an undifferentiated connective tissue disease?
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A 46-year old asked:
Could you tell me why do prions and other similar infectious particles accumulate in the nervous tissue and cause disease ?
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A 39-year old female asked:
could a connective tissue diseases cause a low PT. 9.9 in a lab where 10.3 is the low range. and what is the significance of this.
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A 28-year old female asked:
Why is it that dizziness is listed as a sx of many connective tissue diseases but MDs don't know cause? What is the likely cause is MOST cases?
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A 55-year old female asked:
Is there any known/suspected relationship between. Undifferentiated connective tissue disease and mast cell activation syndrome ? How is UCTD dx?
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A 45-year old asked:
What is the test for connective tissue disease?
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What is undifferentiated connective tissue disease?
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