Imagine waking up one morning with a strange, painful redness in your hands and feet. You take aspirin to dull the pain, but after a while, it stops working. It’s bad enough that you make an appointment with your doctor, who has no idea what’s causing your condition. He refers you to an autoimmune specialist, who refers you to a neurologist, who tries treatment after treatment to no avail. Hundreds of people across the world are dealing with frustrating, nearly hopeless medical scenarios a lot like this one. Luckily, researchers at the Undiagnosed Diseases Network are trying to help.

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