Questions tagged [autoimmune-disease]
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What advanced detection schemes can provide low cost screening for Latent Autoimmune Diabetes?
Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) may be more prevalent than previously believed. A common marker for the most common form is glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 (GAD-65).
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Crohn's disease and sauna
If you have Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) (for example Crohn's or Ulcerative Colitis) is sauna good for you or bad?
And how often you can go to sauna? Every day?
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Can IVIG treatment increase risk of infections?
Intravenous Immunoglobulins (IVIG) are often used to treat patients with impaired antibody production or autoimmune conditions[1]. However, according to this paper[2], it can also inhibit antibody ...
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Are there any long-term health benefits/ disadvantages of wearing socks, especially woolies?
Are there any long-term health benefits/ disadvantages of wearing socks, especially woolies ?
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Swab tests reveals I have a staph infection. Can it tell if it's MRSA? Or is that a different test? If so, can that distinguish HA-MRSA & C-MRSA?
I had a blistered rash that kept spreading so my doctor took a swab to see if there was any kind of bacterial cultures present. The results came back today -- I am positive for a staph infection.
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Might calcium supplements be behind Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis (Wegener's)?
Disclaimer: I have no formal medical or scientific education.
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My thesis is that the calcium created by man-made processes is not the correct isotope to support the biological functions for ...
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