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MCTD (Mixed Connective Tissue Disease)
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Diagnosed with MCTD a month ago. Started getting progressively sick both mentally and physically when I contracted Covid in June 2021. Sound familiar to anyone else?
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Welcome, @starbright. i moved your post to this existing discussion about MCTD.
- MCTD (Mixed Connective Tissue Disease): https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mctd-mixed-connective-tissue-disease/
I did this so you can read through some of the recent posts and connect easily with other MCTD members like @jirehprovides @paktoledo @rarelybees2889 @margar1 @adlttl123 @kimegraves @yellowdoggirl @boconn89 and others.
Starbright, I can understand the physical challenges undermining your mental health too. What do you find helps?
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I'm so sorry you are having to deal with this. I had a rough case of Covid last year. It ramped up the inflammation I already had in my body. I am very tuned into my body and I knew there was something different & new going on with me after COVID. I just got a diagnosis of borderline Lupus and I am being treated with Plaquenil and it is helping. I am convinced that Covid brought this on as I never had it before. Also, still battling hypersalivation since Covid. Covid does a lot of crazy things to folks...even if they only have a mild case. Some folks, get over it in a few weeks and are fine....I was not one of those people. Do I believe it could have brought on the MCTD in you...... I certainly do. It is a brutal virus. I think it will take years for the medical field & much research to fully understand what all COVID has done. I hope you get relief soon. Again, I am so sorry you are battlng this. Blessings & Hugs....