overlap contions

chockers
chockers Member Posts: 10
edited 18. May 2009, 11:28 in Living with Arthritis archive
:D Hi folks i wonder if any one is like me .

I have R.A and Scleroderma .
love to hear from you Christine :D

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  • jaspercat
    jaspercat Member Posts: 1,238
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Chockers, I have RA, Asthma, Hiatus Hernia, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Blood Pressure and, last but not least I have now got problems with my Thyroid, I am only 50 but think I should be put out to pasture love Jaspercatxx :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
  • chockers
    chockers Member Posts: 10
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    jaspercat wrote:
    Hi Chockers, I have RA, Asthma, Hiatus Hernia, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Blood Pressure and, last but not least I have now got problems with my Thyroid, I am only 50 but think I should be put out to pasture love Jaspercatxx :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
    Well i have promlems with my Thyriod and a hiatus hernia as well i am 56 .But think my self luckey as i feel well and moblie i have ance Roseasa as well
    still alive i say christine
  • alibongo
    alibongo Member Posts: 24
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I have an underactive thyroid as well as RA.

    Was diagnosed with the thyroid problem when I was thirty and then the RA when I was forty.

    Also my son has an autoimmune disease he was diagnosed with diabetes when he was 6. (Although he is a very healthy 6ft 17 year old now :):) .)

    I have sometimes wondered if there is any connection, but have been told there isn't.

    Alison
  • elaine5000
    elaine5000 Member Posts: 33
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Christine
    I am 50 and have RA, Asthma, Migraines, Severe Allergies & Blood Pressure issues.
    When going on holiday my meds take up more room in my suitcase than my clothes... :lol::lol::lol:
    Elaine
  • dutchess
    dutchess Member Posts: 79
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I have ra and sjogrens overlap with raynauds and cutaneous vasculitis. Think the overlap syndrome can come under the mixed connective tissue disorder. Just means we don't fit into a neat box. I think of it like a pick and mix condition, I'm just greedy not happy with just having one thing :roll: Also as its overlaped sometimes means that the conditions aren't as severe as having one full blown condition but overtime one condition can develop more then the others. As you have schloroma have you looked on the raynauds society uk website? They also produce a good info leafter on mixed connective tissure disorder.
    Best wishes
    Kelly
  • suziev
    suziev Member Posts: 252
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    yes auto immune diseases do over lap.
    i got ra with my first baby and underactive thyriod with my second baby, not risking a third :shock:
    suzie x
  • chockers
    chockers Member Posts: 10
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    dutchess wrote:
    I have ra and sjogrens overlap with raynauds and cutaneous vasculitis. Think the overlap syndrome can come under the mixed connective tissue disorder. Just means we don't fit into a neat box. I think of it like a pick and mix condition, I'm just greedy not happy with just having one thing :roll: Also as its overlaped sometimes means that the conditions aren't as severe as having one full blown condition but overtime one condition can develop more then the others. As you have schloroma have you looked on the raynauds society uk website? They also produce a good info leafter on mixed connective tissure disorder.
    Best wishes
    Kelly
    Hi yes i have that leaflet I also have sjogrens or the beings of it .( thats not quite on notes yet but have the dry eyes and mouth ) My raynaunds comes with the scleroderma .I am not too bad you would not know i have it and moblie .( was,nt 2 years ago before MTX ) but i don,t care i am alive and kicking .

    keep well christine
  • milmandy
    milmandy Member Posts: 20
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I have probable PA(which has a psorasis element), underactive tyroid showed up when being tested for possibe RA.now thought to be PA(!) Since then I have developed bad hayfever/allergy to perfumes/smells/dust etc which I've never previously had to any degree , floaters and continous dry eye(just one!). I am convinced autoimmune things like these are linked but Drs say no!
  • joyous
    joyous Member Posts: 179
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    hi i have overlap to ra, oa , asthma and allergys to stuff as well get dry eye feels like someone is sticking a needle in it that has only been happenin for a few months very dry skin as well . itchy skin as well alot of mine only started when i started injecting enbrel but they stop the pain thoughi had under active thyroid as well came back neg . have high cholesteral which i inherted from my mum along with the arthritis she has oa mainly. my sis has high bloodpressure and under active thyroid she had lactose intolerence as a baby . i do not have high blood pressure whey hey .