What part of the body is affected by relapsing polychondritis?
ANSWER
Relapsing polychondritis mostly affects cartilage (firm but flexible tissue) in your ears and joints. It also may show up in your nose, ribs, spine, and windpipe. It can affect any area where the tissue is similar to cartilage, like your eyes, heart, skin, kidney, ribs, blood vessels, and nervous system.
Reviewed by Lisa Bernstein on December 26, 2016
SOURCES:
National Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center: “Relapsing polychondritis.”
National Organization for Rare Disorders: “Relapsing Polychondritis.”
Relapsing Polychondritis Awareness and Support Foundation: “Collaboration Announcement,” “Frequently Asked Questions,” “Relapsing Polychondritis,” “What Happens to Patients with Relapsing Polychondritis?”
Up to Date: “Clinical manifestations of relapsing polychondritis,” “Treatment of relapsing polychondritis.”
SOURCES:
National Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center: “Relapsing polychondritis.”
National Organization for Rare Disorders: “Relapsing Polychondritis.”
Relapsing Polychondritis Awareness and Support Foundation: “Collaboration Announcement,” “Frequently Asked Questions,” “Relapsing Polychondritis,” “What Happens to Patients with Relapsing Polychondritis?”
Up to Date: “Clinical manifestations of relapsing polychondritis,” “Treatment of relapsing polychondritis.”
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