Guest guest Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 Hi Vicky, UCTD stands for undifferentiated connective tissue disease. This designation is used when a person has symptoms of more than one type of auto-immune connective tissue disease but not enough symptoms of any one disease to fit neatly into a specific diagnosis. For instance I have some symptoms of lupus, scleroderma and polymyositis/dermatomyositis but not enough symptoms of any of them to be diagnosed with one disorder over the others. My rheumotologist has said that at this point it's unlikley I'll ever fit neatly into one diagnosis. There is so much still being learned about auto-immune illness....someday they will understand all this better but for now much of this is a mystery. Beth Age 48 Fibrotic NSIP 06/06 UCTD 07/08 Change everything. Love and Forgive UCTD I have seen these letters on some of your notes Can someone tell me what that means Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 Vickie Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease. This is a diagnosis when there appears to be a connective tissue or autoimmune disease through a combination of symptoms and blood tests but no specific factor ties it to a specific disease. In some cases an Autoimmune disease will develop more fully as time goes on and be identified. In other cases, treatment may either delay or prevent that from happening. Or, on its own, it may remain at a moderate level for an extended time and remain undifferentiated. > > I have seen these letters on some of your notes Can someone tell me > what that means Thank you > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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