i've got a bunch of 'em! - Arthritis Message Board

claujuh · 04-13-2002, 10:19 AM

anyone else have several autoimmune diseases? i have celiac disease, endometriosis, lichen planus and spondyloarthropathy....all inflammatory diseases. it's just been the past four years that all of these have been diagnosed. it's getting to the point where i wonder what will be next?????

creekwalker · 06-02-2002, 08:55 AM

Is endometriosis an auto immune disorder? I've never heard that before. I have it, but no one's ever said that to me?

jetler · 06-03-2002, 08:19 AM

I have Addison's Disease, Cataracts, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Costochondritis, Fibromyalgia, Folic Acid Anemia, Gastritis, Gilbert's Syndrome, Hypothyroidism, Iron Deficient Anemia, Meniere's Disease, Mitral Valve Prolapse, Multiple Sclerosis, Osteoporosis, ernicious Anemia, Polyglandular Autoimmune Failure, and Premature Atrial Contractions.

The ones that aren't autoimmune in nature are caused by the meds to treats them... like the cataracts and osteoporosis.

Now they are conisdering either Lupus or autoimmune hepatitis or some other liver dysfunction.

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claujuh · 06-26-2002, 09:30 AM

wow. you win, jetler.

Jesp · 07-06-2002, 11:24 PM

I, too, have been diagnosed with many things over the years, including chronic fatigue, hypothyroidism, endometriosis, and a host of others. I was most recently diagnosed with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (Lupus antibody, Hughes Syndrome) and was ironically relieved once I started doing some research and finding out many of the symtoms leading to the multitude of previous diagnosis fall under the new catagory.I was starting to think I was a hypo-chondriac (and I think my doc was, too). Has anyone else been diagnosed with this?

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