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Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Sep 23 9:43pm | Replies (35)
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@hunterhadley03
What types of specialists are you working with now?
I would not worry too much at this point. I had positive/abnormal ANA titers. I don’t have lupus but my mother did. It may show up in you if you have/had family members with autoimmune conditions. I do have Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and anti phospholipid syndrome (clotting issue) and hypermobility (may be a type of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome or other mixed connective tissue disorder that has not been fully/properly diagnosed).
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I am currently saying hello rheumatoid arthritis doctor. I had to go to the ER last night with serve pain in my upper right side and my hands and feet go completely numb. I was hurting in my chest like I had something heavy on me. I think I’m so stressed and worried with the positive result because it explains everything I’m going through. The only symptom I don’t have is the redness on my face. I’m trying so hard to take the pain and have a normal life. I’m just so fatigued and my muscles are so weak. Like I can’t even brush my hair for a period of time and I feel like I’ve been lifting weights all day. I have two beautiful grandchildren and I’m always too tired or weak to hold them. The room tour arthritis doctor told me to come back within a year, but my PCP and the ER doctor told me to get back in with the rheumatoid arthritis doctor as soon as I could looking at my labs so I don’t know what to do if I should change, rheumatoid arthritis, doctor or stay where I’m at??!