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Autoimmune Diseases

Ask or answer questions about AI diseases including diabetes Type 1, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Graves' disease, and Raynaud’s phenomenon on this forum.

Undiagnosed and Unwell

I apologize as this post is quite long but I am at my wit's end and willing to take any help I can get. I am looking for any opinions as to what you might think is wrong with me. I am a 29 year old female. The medications I take are ones that I have been put on recently. They are Allegra, Vicodin,...

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autoimmune hemolytic anemia

Hi, my brother has been diagnosed with autoimmune hemolytic anemia. At first, he was treated with iron supplements and antianemic preparations. What is this condition like?

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False Positive Pediatric ANA test?

Hi, my child was sent to perform ANA test and it gave positive result, but now doctor suspects a false positive result and wants more tests to be done. He says that a diagnose can not be made only on one test. What indicates false positive pediatric ANA test?

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Can diabetics eat bananas?

Hi! Recently, somebody told me that people with diabetes should not eat bananas. I can’t believe that it’s true. My doctor said that all kind of fruits are good for diabetics. I know that banana is sweet, but that is sugar fructose witch isn’t dangerous for diabetics. Why diabetics...

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vitiligo on chest

Hi. I have noticed a small white area on my chest. I went to see a dermatologist and she says this is vitiligo. As far as I know, this is caused by the loss of skin pigment. I would like to know if vitiligo is unusual on chest since it is more characteristic for sun exposed areas of skin.

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how can crohn's disease be prevented

I went to this medical conference a while back and one of the speakers mentioned crohn's disease prevention. I was under the impression that crohn's disease was a disease that struck people seemingly at random, but I am apparently wrong. I'm a journalist, not a doctor, so I am now left with lots of...

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vasulitis

I have heard that one woman was undergoing treatment with prednisone and methotrexate for vasculitis. What scarred me is that I have heard she developed painful vesicles in her mouth. I think she is diagnosed with Behcet’s disease, and they said it is form of vasculitis. Can you give me an...

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Undifferential Connective Tissue Disease

Hi, please help! I was diagnosed wit undifferentiated connective tissue disease, but I have no idea what does it mean! What is happeneng to my body that I don’t know about?

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Diabetic weight loss but not dieting?

Please, can somebody explain to me something about diabetic weight loss? My good friend just came from doctor and he told her that she maybe had diabetes because she lost weight but she didn’t be on any diet. Is weight loss typical for diabetics and why that’s happening? I’m pretty...

by User avatar koren48837

confused by family

all my life my family has told me that I have Guillain–Barré syndrome, now I got curious the other day when we were talking about it. So I decided to look into it and it's symptoms are nothing like what my doctor and my mother have told happened. my question is when I was was a very young child I...

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