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I was not diagnosed for 10-15 years. It was an Internal Medicine doctor who finally diagnosed me. He is known to be a great diagnostician. I explained my history to him. I was in a flare at the time. When he saw my red ears, he told me immediately what he suspected. I had never heard of RP before. I had searched many diseases on the computer to try to find my symptoms. RP never came up. My Internal med doctor sent me to a Rheumy who ran many blood tests to check for inflammation and other underlying diseases of RP.