Tackling mixed connective tissue disease with nutrition

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Like many autoimmune diseases, mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is not well-understood and symptoms often overlap with other disorders, making it difficult to differentiate. Patients experience symptoms including Raynaud’s syndrome, joint inflammation, swollen hands, muscle weakness and soreness, difficulty breathing, fatigue with exertion, swallowing difficulty, heartburn, lupus-type rashes, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, heart failure, and Sjogren syndrome. My…