Appointment prep
Prepare for a mixed connective tissue disease evaluation
Overlap of lupus, scleroderma, and polymyositis features with high anti-RNP. Symptoms evolve over time and are often split across specialists. Medvo helps present the full picture.
Symptoms patients describe
- · Raynaud's, puffy fingers, arthritis, muscle weakness
- · Pulmonary hypertension, esophageal dysmotility, skin changes
- · Fatigue, low-grade fever, and high-titer ANA with speckled pattern
Tests & referrals to request
Framed as evaluation — your clinician decides what is appropriate.
- · Anti-U1-RNP antibody (high titer), full ENA panel, PFTs with DLCO, echocardiogram
- · Referral to rheumatologist familiar with overlap syndromes
- · Monitoring for pulmonary arterial hypertension and other organ involvement
If you've been dismissed
- · Labeled separately as 'lupus', 'scleroderma', or 'fibromyalgia'
- · No recognition of the specific high-RNP overlap pattern