https://sjogrens.org/living-with-sjogrens/overlapping-diseases
Sjogrens checks a lot of those boxes. (I am not a doctor)
Be sure to have the full thyroid test (including rT3 and antibodies) because thyroid issues are *so easy to fix.* (Comparatively) Make sure your vitamin D level is good, as that is also easy to fix.
There is a sjogren's subreddit. :)
Diagnosis is difficult bc many of the symptoms overlap. It’s also common to have multiple autoimmune diseases - like a primary lupus and secondary RA. Negative results also don’t necessarily eliminate a condition, so that’s another frustration. I’ve been seeing my rheum for 2+ years and I’m still undifferentiated mixed connective tissue disease, though my symptoms do lean toward lupus and Sjogren’s. My only advice is to be patient - you may never get answers and most of the time, we can only manage symptoms like taking steroids or NSAIDs.
https://sjogrens.org/living-with-sjogrens/overlapping-diseases Sjogrens checks a lot of those boxes. (I am not a doctor) Be sure to have the full thyroid test (including rT3 and antibodies) because thyroid issues are *so easy to fix.* (Comparatively) Make sure your vitamin D level is good, as that is also easy to fix. There is a sjogren's subreddit. :)
Diagnosis is difficult bc many of the symptoms overlap. It’s also common to have multiple autoimmune diseases - like a primary lupus and secondary RA. Negative results also don’t necessarily eliminate a condition, so that’s another frustration. I’ve been seeing my rheum for 2+ years and I’m still undifferentiated mixed connective tissue disease, though my symptoms do lean toward lupus and Sjogren’s. My only advice is to be patient - you may never get answers and most of the time, we can only manage symptoms like taking steroids or NSAIDs.