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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.

MS question, ACDF

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I have had numerous test for the last 7 yrs because of painful muscle spasms mostly in my neck and behind my right ear, arms, hands and fingers are weak. Several years ago it started extending to my lower extremeties (ie: weak upper leg muscles, pain in calves, numbness). I had ACDF (C-5, C-6)...

by User avatar ksf19200

SCLERODERMA? I have it, right?

I am now a 27-year-old female. This I know to be true: I have some type of scleroderma. My symptoms have progressed as follows: · (Approx. 5 years ago) – Large lump on my right forearm. I was pregnant; doctors assumed I bumped my arm. Lump was sensitive to touch, so I assumed the doctors...

by User avatar barnhill8170119141

Fentanyl 25mcbhl Patch

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I'm 58yrs old have lived on every kind of opiod I think imagineable for 9yrs my diagnosis will NOT get better unless by Divine Intervention so I want to live as independently as possible! My home is starting to look like a 65yr old ladies home with her things all around her & noticing the walls...

by User avatar Linda LaP129822

Does ALS include”tingling-numb feeling” or not?

My doctor diagnosed me with possible diagnosis of ALS. I have to wait for another two years, in case that weakness in my right hand spreads, which will indicate and prove the ALS. I worry about strange sensation in right hand, something like tingling-numb feeling. I mentioned that to my doctor, but...

by User avatar Guest

lupus and rash

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Hi, my friend gets this strange rash on her face when she is exposed to sun light. She has lupus and she says that the sensitivity to sun is caused by her condition. She has explained the effects of lupus, but she doesn't know how the rash and the lupus are connected. Could you explain the...

by User avatar kerby35825

bullous pemphigoid antibody

Hello! I'm not an expert in the field of medicine. I ask you to reply to my next question. I would like to know something about bullous pemphigoid. Actually I need to find definition of antibody for this disorder? Does anyone know that or I need to look somewhere else? I expect your respond about...

by User avatar sergent381169526

Is Lupus a disability?

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My friend was recently diagnosed with lupus and he`s in a bad shape. His joints hurts, he suffers chest pain and sometimes there is fever. His immune system has lost the ability to differentiate between foreign substances and its own tissues. I would like to know is lupus a disability under the...

by User avatar Guest

How to stop odor due to Hidradenitis Suppurativa?

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I have been diagnosed with the rare autoimmune disease Hidradenitis Suppurativa, as well as having lupus. Not a great combination, as you might guess. What is the worst is that Hidradenitis Suppurativa caused terrible odor. I feel really ashamed going out in public these days. How can I stop the...

by User avatar krissie143173083

gillian barre

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I was reading a biography of Andy Griffith and found out that he suffered from a disease called gillian barre syndrome. I have never heard of this condition before and I am more than interested in finding out what it is. I understood that it is some king of strange condition but it apparently did...

by User avatar kopke1915

What is acute gouty arthritis?

Hello! I have heard for acute gouty arthritis, but it is not completely clear to me what it is. I know what gout is and I am wondering if acute gouty arthritis is same as gout. I have tried to find more information about this, but it seems that my friends do not know, too. I hope you will know....

by User avatar katharine10061279