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any comment to the Coimbra Protocol?

Can you have rheumatoid arthritis with a positive RF and a positive CCP and also get another auto immune disease? I sometimes have neuromuscular symptoms with associated weakness muscular pain, and severe stiffness.. thank you for all you do❤

I love all the information you provide! Thank you!

Thanks for sharing this! 💯❣️

Thank you for putting into simple terms what I've been going through and don't know how to explain to Drs what's going on!! Relaxing and remitting symptomatic condition stress has a huge part in and not getting Drs to understand in a single visit is stressful in itself!!!

Lower back pain 😢

Ive been recently diagnosed at 35. Most of the time it’s just a constant throbbing in my entire Arm. The only thing that stops the pain is cannabis, which is ironic as it got worst when I quit and the pain sent me to the ER.

Dr. Ortiz, with a high number of 47 for Anti-CCP Ab, IgG,/IgA, however there is no Rheumatoid Factor, can this still point to having an autoimmune disease such as RA? Thank you.

Thank you. Would you please make a video about RA and becoming Septic? How dangerous? For 30 years I've had RA, then came along Hashimoto's, Cushing's, more recently, Drug-induced Lupus. I'm 63 yo. My mother had RA. All my life, RA has been stalking me to this point in my life. My fingers and toes are twisted, all major joints need replaced.

Thank you for this information. You can also try Glucosamlne, Chondroitin sulphate and M S M as well magnesium as natural redemies.

The one rheum I saw declined me as a patient and told me I should have gone to an Internist, of which my husband is one. My family doc won't diagnose PMR.

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This was so helpful thank you. I was so upset my doctor didn't refer me to a rheumatologist when my hands started changing and the xray confirmed I had osteoarthritis.. now I know.. it wouldn't matter. I already downloaded the Reactiv app, will cut down sugar/carbs, and will look into hand physical therapy! Thank you again!

Absolutely excellent, great job explaining this and simplifying. Thank you for being a cautious doctor and not anxious to put people on dangerous suppressant drugs. The best statement that your body will try to correct its auto immune issue. I am living evidence of that after 25 years of various auto immune issues

are you excepting Patients?

in my family AS is 3 woman to one male. i think that woman at a whole are dismissed. it took decades for my diagnosis.

I am only 52 and my pain is soooo bad. I read it has something to do with menopause too. Any truth to this?

This is so helpful. Thank you. I was tested in April with a ANA titer of 1:2560 and then a high dsdna (38). I am still waiting to get into a rheumatologist and feel lost and have gone from occasional joint pain to now everyday in small and large joints with fatigue and other symptoms. I've been told by family to also look into lyme disease. Would lyme disease influence these test results? Is a test for Lyme's warranted?

Hi guys i have not been able to get any info or answers on women who want to FREEZE their eggs not people who are PREGNANT and have lupus . I feel like im going to go crazy. i know i cant take mycophenalate and hydro but has anyone gone through the egg freezing process or has info my nephrologist and rheumatologist are of no use they are not up on the updates and are not advising me well.

Thank you very much

Right food will not lead to that symptoms ive been there twice thats why i study myself what food to eat

I had a positive ANA and when my NP tried to get me in to a rheumatologist, they were told the number from the ANA wasn’t high enough 😩 No appointment! I’m living with it but I understood what you meant in the other video when you mentioned isolation. I have life changing fatigue and … skin rash raynauds and GA. Burning and discomfort in my knees. I’m living with it because they all basing on labs rather than my symptoms too…😔 Would it help to get in with an internal medicine doctor?

What AI disease causes blurry vision for 7 months. ANA was a high abnormal number. My distance vision returned June. Now my up close vision fluctuates in variations of blurred vision. I have been to see 4 eye doctors. Age 75

Very helpful. I just got results back and this helped confirmed I have lupus. Next stop is endocrinology

You said the way the do the test can influence a result…what does that mean?

This is so educational thank you for sharing this :)

Amazing, this presentation! Thank you a million times 🎉❤

HEY!!! Why did you skip right over Myopathy?????? I was on 10 mg twice a day for three months and now can hardly walk!!!

Great video thank you.

Masks don't work and probably cause more harm to the wearer.

Im 24yr old and getting lupus

Thank you! Very helpful information!

Wonderful video, thank you! Over the last few years, I've had painful wrists & hands in both hands, but worse in my dominant hand - mostly in the middle of the night & upon waking for a bit (only with movement) - but no redness or swelling. I only have minor pain when opening jars & using my hands during the day. I have been tested by a Rheumatologist and the only test that came back positive was the RA Factor- and it was only 15. My symptoms have not progressed over the year. I was led to believe I have RA, but am now questioning if it's actually just osteoarthritis - I know I have it in my spine, knee, etc - hey, I'm 65. :)

So helpful!! Thankyou for these videos very much appreciated

I just fired my primary care physician and my rheumatologist for dismissing my symptoms!

I have nerve pain all over my body it's affecting my eyesight I've lost 70lbs I also have constant ringing in my ears Tennitus can someone help?

There are sime natural supplements that you can take that helps Tumeric Curcuminoids 2250 mg sold by Qunol,check & see if can be taken with medication you are on as well as your PCP

Whenever I take Prednisone, the side effects are awful, such as digestive issues, and it gives me awful acid reflux, depending on milligrams taken, it gives me anxiety, but if pain is not controllable, I have to take Prednisone 🙃😒

Thank you for this video, Dr. Ortiz!

Iam in my 20th week ofy pragnancy but iam getting very bad leg crams iam really scared any lupus flares are getting appeared please suggest somebody

Thank you for your generosity in clearly stating this info!!

Important legal jargon of disability insurance companies: “Pre-existing condition” Where the insurance companies will try to get you to sign a “general” authorization form, to collect information from basically anywhere they want to try to cut off your benefits by saying you already had a disabling condition in the past. There should be a definition of the legal time period the insurance company can go back. Look in your contract.(mine was 6 months). The solution for the general consent of collection of information: If a disability insurance company asks you to sign a general authorization of collection of information form, take a pen and put a big “X” across the whole page and don’t sign it. Then, write on the page “see attached letter”. To clarify, these forms gives them the right to look up your social media accounts your banking information, or any social services that you are using, or you used in the past, all medical and health professionals etc… Some of those things are public (don’t put ANYTHING on social media when you have a better days, as they will use it against you!). On the denial of general collection of information letter, you write something like you refuse the general collection of information on your person, as it is an unreasonable, unethical overreach, and that you will approve communications on a case by case basis. If you have already signed one of those shady piece of paperwork that probably wouldn’t even hold up in court, you can write that all previous similar general collection of information forms are now considered null and void. That way you are not refusing that they collect information. Refusing the collection of information altogether, could be grounds to deny your benefits from what I understood. “Gainful occupation” Different for all insurance contract. Look it up. If your gainful occupation is deemed to be, let’s say 60% of your old indexed salary, and the job they want to send you to pays you only 59% of your old salary, you are still considered disabled! Read your contract! “Change of definition” Usually happens after two years. Where the insurance company hires an “objective” physiatrist to evaluate you and try to send you back to ANY other job, after being unable to perform your old job, subject to gainful employment above. “Claim present value” There are calculators online. Just search for claim present value calculator. That’s when your payments up to 65 years old would add up to 1 million dollars, but the insurance companies try to settle for $250k, because the insurance company calculates that you could invest that 250k and make that 1 million dollars by the time you’re 65 (and what are we supposed to pay our bills with while we invest that 250k?-Everybody’s question). Resolute legal on youtube are awesome to help you understand the whole process. Good luck to anybody trying to have benefits because they sure made my life hell. I’m making my life’s purpose to expose all their shady tricks so they lose money they trying not to pay me.

Thank you Dr. Ortiz for your generosity of always providing such critical and valuable information. I’ve learned so much from you, you are a true Angel and Hero! I’m a zebra with dermatomyositis mda5 pos, cusgings disease, psoriatic arthritis… it took years and years for diagnosis from being gaslit by being told I was “crazy “. I’m still waiting to appear before a judge to plea my disability case as I keep getting denied because all my old medical records stated I was having psychosomatic pain and symptoms that nothing was wrong with me. The good news is I have finally found my team of Angels and Heroes that are trying to care and save me now and I could not be more grateful to have them and your channel is so vital to the community. You helped me to see that I was not “crazy” and I never gave up! They are studying my case at UCLA ans it is a honor to be able to help Doctors to learn more and hopefully help future patients have a better prognosis and experience. One grain of sand at a time and we shall build a mountain! Thank you Sincerely

I’m starting the process of getting on long term disability. I have connective tissue disease and many related complications that have involved pulmonologist and other specialists over the years. I have very demanding job on the other hand, and a stressful private life with recent child loss and chronic and progressive disability of another child. Things took its tool and after more than 20 years of full-time work, I find myself unable to function and perform my job duties or any duties honestly. It’s a terrifying place to be but I am determined to do my best and fight one last battle of my life for my own disability rights and compensation, whatever that might end up being at the end. This video came at the perfect time, weird coincidence, but I appreciate it very much.

I have high crp and esr levels, just paid privately for ANA blood test to see what's going on. suffering with major fatigue, joint pain in knees, achy legs, pain in neck and elbows. hoping its not RA as I've already had Cancer twice. 😢

Usually if someone has Lupus then we most likely have ms.cause it goes with it,

I have MS.and Lupus,

Thanks for this info

I have Endometriosis. Than came problems conceiving. Than Lupus. Scleroderma. Fibromyalgia. Osteoarthritis. Now they i have mixed connective tissue. I am tired because it feels like i am sick since i remember 8/9 always something wrong. Oh also have Methyl gene problem. So there are no treatment options. They just treat symptoms and if I get extremely sick i get bunch of steroids pumped up that’s it. Now in my 40’s feels like giving up everything and forget about medicine 😢