Complex Symptoms & Conditions We Evaluate

Many patients come to Haus Health after months — sometimes years — of persistent symptoms, abnormal laboratory results, conflicting medical opinions, or diagnoses that still do not fully explain what they are experiencing.

We specialize in thoughtful, evidence-based rheumatology consultation for adults, children, and families with known or suspected autoimmune, autoinflammatory, and inflammatory disease.

Whether you are seeking a second opinion, diagnostic clarification, or guidance about treatment decisions, our goal is to help you better understand what may be happening and identify the most appropriate next steps.

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Common Reasons Patients Seek Consultation

  • Positive ANA or abnormal autoimmune laboratory results

  • Persistent inflammation or elevated ESR/CRP

  • Symptoms affecting multiple body systems

  • Joint pain, swelling, stiffness, or unexplained fatigue

  • Rashes, fevers, mouth ulcers, or inflammatory symptoms

  • Symptoms that continue despite treatment

  • Questions about biologic or immunosuppressive medications

  • Rare or difficult-to-diagnose inflammatory disease

  • Pediatric inflammatory or autoimmune symptoms

  • Rheumatology second opinions and diagnostic clarification

Not every patient who comes to Haus Health ultimately has an autoimmune disease. Many patients seek consultation because they are still trying to understand whether a rheumatologic condition may explain their symptoms.

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Autoimmune & Connective Tissue Diseases

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) • Sjögren’s disease • Mixed connective tissue disease • Undifferentiated connective tissue disease • Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) • Inflammatory myositis and dermatomyositis • Antiphospholipid syndrome • Raynaud’s phenomenon

Many patients seek consultation when laboratory findings, symptoms, or prior evaluations do not clearly fit a single diagnosis.

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Autoinflammatory & Periodic Fever Syndromes

PFAPA syndrome • Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) • TRAPS • Hyper-IgD syndrome / mevalonate kinase deficiency • Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS) • Adult-onset Still’s disease • Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis

These conditions are often difficult to diagnose and may involve recurrent fevers, inflammation, rashes, pain, or symptoms affecting multiple organ systems.

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Inflammatory Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis • Psoriatic arthritis • Juvenile idiopathic arthritis • Ankylosing spondylitis • Axial spondyloarthritis • Reactive arthritis • Crystal arthritis, including gout and pseudogout

Patients often seek consultation when symptoms persist despite treatment, diagnoses remain uncertain, or treatment decisions become increasingly complex.

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Vasculitis & Systemic Inflammatory Disease

ANCA-associated vasculitis • Giant cell arteritis • Behçet’s disease • Sarcoidosis • IgG4-related disease • Relapsing polychondritis

Many patients seek consultation because symptoms involve multiple organ systems or because treatment decisions require careful risk-benefit consideration.

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Pediatric Rheumatology

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis • Pediatric lupus • Juvenile dermatomyositis • PFAPA syndrome • Pediatric vasculitis • Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO/CNO) • Uveitis associated with rheumatic disease • Pediatric autoinflammatory disease

Children and adolescents with inflammatory or autoimmune symptoms often benefit from specialized pediatric rheumatology evaluation. Haus Health provides virtual consultations for pediatric rheumatology concerns with a family-centered, collaborative approach.

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Fibromyalgia & Complex Pain Syndromes

Fibromyalgia • Chronic widespread pain • Fatigue syndromes • Hypermobility-related symptoms • Amplified musculoskeletal pain syndromes

Our goal is to help determine whether inflammatory or autoimmune disease may be contributing to symptoms and to provide thoughtful guidance about next steps when diagnoses remain unclear.

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Thoughtful, Evidence-Based Rheumatology Care — Wherever You Are

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