Multisystem Disorders

Overview

Mast cell activation syndrome, antiphospholipid syndrome, and other autoimmune diseases, as well as the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes, are all multisystem disorders that may or may not coexist.

There is a major group of serious diseases that have varying symptoms and can affect so many organs that they cannot be linked to a single primary organ system. Systemic lupus erythematosus, Dermatopolymyositis, Behçet disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Polyarteritis nodosa, Sarcoidosis, Wegener granulomatosis, Mitochondrial diseases, heredofamilial and developmental problems are among examples.

Many clinicians' lack of knowledge of these disorders, as well as their complexity and destructive nature, has caused challenges for patients as well as providers and staff trying to care for this patient group.