Appointment prep
Prepare for a relapsing polychondritis evaluation
Recurrent inflammation of ear, nose, and airway cartilage with eye and joint involvement is rare and often misdiagnosed for years. Medvo helps you track the episodic nature and request rheumatology input.
Symptoms patients describe
- · Painful red swollen ears (sparing the lobe), saddle nose deformity
- · Hoarseness, breathing difficulty, eye inflammation
- · Joint pain, fatigue, and skin changes
Tests & referrals to request
Framed as evaluation — your clinician decides what is appropriate.
- · Referral to rheumatologist experienced in rare autoimmune diseases
- · Biopsy of affected cartilage when safe, imaging of airways
- · Documentation of recurrent episodes and response to steroids
If you've been dismissed
- · Ear pain called infection or trauma repeatedly
- · No recognition of the multi-cartilage pattern