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What other auto immune illnesses do you have apart from type 1 ?

Juicyj

Juicyj

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In my never ending quest for knowledge I'd like anyone reading this post to respond with either a yes or no and details of what other auto immune illnesses people have.

I have an under active thyroid but know type 1 can be linked to other illnesses, and when I was diagnosed I couldn't understand why the doctors couldn't treat the cause to my type 1 as the pancreas was still working, so it meant my body hadn't quite killed it off, now it's dead there isn't anything that can be done, but I've read that in the US they treat the underlying causes which can be anything from toxins, stress, yeast in the gut to gluten and wheat intolerances.

There is a definite link so it would be good to know what sort of % have other illnesses and what treatment people have had ?

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Yes - I have coeliac disease. Treatment is to stop eating gluten to prevent the immune system from attacking the villi.

If only there was such a simple cure for T1.
 
Crikey !
Rheumatoid arthritis
Leukoderma (vitiligo)
Eczema
Hypothyroidism (Myxedema)
Asthma - comes and goes

Never boring round here.
 
Lots of skin issues, adult onset acne, eczema and rosacea. Stomach troubles all the time which doctors think may be IBS. Nothing else major thankfully.
 
Type 1 diagnosed at age 11. No other autoimmune diseases that I'm aware of.

My granddad was diagnosed with what was assumed to be type 1 diabetes later in his life (50+) and my grandma (same side of the family) has coeliac.
 
Hypothyroidism and eczema both only since diabetes and have had alopecia which is sometimes considered autoimmune
 
Ulcerative colitis - treated with steroids and immunosuppressants.
Developed type 1 about a year and half after having my colon removed, and coming off all the medication.
 
debbiiee said:
Rabies(viral) & mange(parasitic) are infectious diseases. Not autoimmune.... The manifestations of mange depends on host immune responses causing allergy to the antigen...
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Sorry Debbie you have fallen victim to British humour. :-)

I do not have rabies and mange, though my avatar is fighting off a bad case of both at the moment.
 
Wow - seems that alot of us have other stuff too - has anyone ever looked at the links between this and food eaten at all ?
 
Type one since July 2013, also have Eczema, asthma, adult acne and severe peanut allergy. My brother is also type one
 
well here goes
limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis diagnosed age 17
Type 1 diabetes age 33 (insulin resistant, metformin does nothing for me except upsets my stomach so stopped taking them)
Underactive thyroid age 51
sjogren's syndrome age 56
osteoarthritis
not to coeliac but
last but not least although not auto-immune they all go together - yes Gastroparesis
all the usual long term effects retinopathy, maculopathy, nerve damage to feet etc etc because I was told for years by the then diabetic nurse having complained of constant BG levels of 22 plus almost the morning that it was "just you Kate Brady". Now even on a pump which has helped tremendously I still have around 14/170 units per day depending on food etc. but I'm still here to tell the tale. be happy. Kate
 
Seem to escaped most of what's been said, although I have been tested for Coeliac Disease before which turned out to be fine. Only complication to date from diabetes has been retinopathy, but that has been stable for the last 9 years.
 
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