Posted by Michelle on August 4, 2013 at 6:34pm in Main
One more question to anyone that wants to answer, does anyone here with vit also have another autoimmune is disease. My autonomic nervous system is failing and they aren't sure what other autoimmune disease I may have. My fear is Parkinson's.......
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When I was a baby, I had alopecia and then it went away. Shortly after, I started developing eczema, it didn't last long but after it went away I got vitiligo on the spots were my eczema was along with swelling in my joints and pain. I went to a rheumatologist when I was about 11 and they told me it was tendonitis. Fast forward about three years, I go back and he tells me I was misdiagnosed and that I actually have psoriatic arthritis. It's been four years since I started treatment for my arthritis and I haven't noticed much of a difference. We are now thinking I might have been misdiagnosed again. I've been tested for lupus and I'm currently waiting on the results. In my opinion, if you're fearful, speak up and be persistent!
Thanks for your response, I was diagnosed with mixed connective tissue disease 5 months ago so I was sent to a specialist, The specialist says my inability to stand for very long without fainting and the tremoring is not MCTD ( even though blood work and other symptoms support this ) , he sent me to a neurologist, which I see today.
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When I was a baby, I had alopecia and then it went away. Shortly after, I started developing eczema, it didn't last long but after it went away I got vitiligo on the spots were my eczema was along with swelling in my joints and pain. I went to a rheumatologist when I was about 11 and they told me it was tendonitis. Fast forward about three years, I go back and he tells me I was misdiagnosed and that I actually have psoriatic arthritis. It's been four years since I started treatment for my arthritis and I haven't noticed much of a difference. We are now thinking I might have been misdiagnosed again. I've been tested for lupus and I'm currently waiting on the results. In my opinion, if you're fearful, speak up and be persistent!