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Posted 5/5/2014 1:20 PM (GMT 0)
How many have a second immune disorder? How many believe this is an immune disorder?
Posted 5/5/2014 2:02 PM (GMT 0)
I have only uc and I believe uc is an immune disorder. Most certainly, the use of uc medications that are immune suppressants and/or biologics (nearly all of which disrupt the immune system) lead me to believe that a big part of uc involves the immune system in some way.

about 25% of uc patients develop another immune disorder. I know others here have another immune disorder. Seems such disorders don't all come at once, rather one accumulates more over time.
Posted 5/5/2014 2:17 PM (GMT 0)
As my forum name implies, I have UC and also recurring Iritis. Iritis is an autoimmune disease which causes inflammation of the iris. I've been told this is a fairly common secondary autoimmune disease for UCers. I've had the UC for over 35 years and the Iritis flares for the past ten years or so.
Posted 5/5/2014 2:30 PM (GMT 0)
http://gut.bmj.com/content/31/9/961.full.pdf
Posted 5/5/2014 3:39 PM (GMT 0)
I have other stuff going on but I don't think any others are AI. I get migraines and I have LRP which is like GERD... i do think UC is AI. I used to always think I had some kind of bug or parasite, but at this point, I have tried so many antibiotics and treatments, it would have had to been wiped out if it were bacterial.
Posted 5/5/2014 7:05 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, as per my signature.

Yes, I believe it's an AI disorder.
AIs are gifts that keep on giving...without a doubt.

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Posted 5/5/2014 7:18 PM (GMT 0)
I have a neurological auto immune disorder that I have had for 18years. So that came well before UC.
I believe UC is an immune disorder.
Posted 5/5/2014 9:25 PM (GMT 0)
I have Graves disease of the thyroid, UC, non-IGE mediated allergies/asthma and inflammatory arthritis. My immune system seems determined to kill me.

On the plus side, I almost never get colds or other infections.
Posted 5/5/2014 10:48 PM (GMT 0)
I have lichen planus, which I have had since I was in my twenties.
Posted 5/6/2014 2:31 AM (GMT 0)
I believe a percentage who have this it is not autoimmune..
Posted 5/6/2014 2:44 AM (GMT 0)
I believe I read 1 in 3 will end up having more than one autoimmune condition. And more so in women than men.

I have only IBD - thankfully. And so far...

The truth is simply that no one knows if IBD in an autoimmune disease, caused by bacteria, or by virus or even fungus or some type of environmental factor and gene combo on it's own or in combo with all the others. The disease itself shows the characteristics of them all in one way or another.

It's almost like an all out confusion or war depending on your viewpoint.

I think at the end of the day what matter's most irrespective of belief is that it would be totally awesome to just find a way to alleviate the symptoms that would work for absolutely everyone... every single one of us.

We'd all be happy with that I'm sure even if the disease itself remained a mystery for years to come.

This has happened before. Where some type of med unexpectedly works and no one knows why for many years. So who knows... Perhaps one day we might all get lucky here.

Post Edited (Canada Mark) : 5/5/2014 8:47:23 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 5/6/2014 10:14 AM (GMT 0)
1 in 3, Same odds as getting cancer so no point dwelling on it..as if there isn't enough to worry about, I go looking for more sad
Posted 5/6/2014 3:57 PM (GMT 0)

Petah said...
I believe a percentage who have this it is not autoimmune..

Lichen planus is a chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune disease that affects the skin, oral mucosa, genital mucosa, scalp, and nails. :-)
Posted 5/6/2014 7:33 PM (GMT 0)
I have UC, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (every woman in my family has this), a low positive for lupus, raynaud's syndrome, and I have a niece with celiac disease.
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