Ronan Kavanagh MD MRCP (@RonanTKavanagh) writes:

« My patient is a middle aged professional, with no symptoms what so ever.

He is fit and healthy, a non smoker, has good teeth, eats well and has no family history of arthritis or autoimmune disease. So why is he seeing a rheumatologist?

He’s concerned about some results he has received from a genetic screening test. The test results suggest that his risk of developing two autoimmune diseases – rheumatoid arthritis and Scleroderma, conditions I frequently treat, is increased.

I’m at a slight disadvantage as this is the first time I’ve had has to counsel a patient in this situation.

There’s an additional complicating factor.

The patient is me. »

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