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Chronic Illness 1d
hiii is there anyone in the chat with rheumatoid arthritis? or any other autoimmune diseases ? i have dysautonomia but now they’re also looking into RA / autoimmune diseases . i feel so alone and helpless . everyone else around me doesn’t understand this.
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Anonymous 1d

Hi I have celiac

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Anonymous 5h

I’ve had juvenile idiopathic arthritis since I was 2 (I’m 19 now) there are so many medications out now and even more that are still coming out that very much helps with symptoms. The hard part is the weak immune system. I’ve had a sore throat turn into sepsis

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Anonymous 1d

Heyyy! I am getting tested for both of those! Dysautonomia disorders as well as autoimmune since my mum has 3 and my dad has one of autoimmune. One of my mums is the arthritis one

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Anonymous 20h

I have Celiac, and my grandma who played a major role in raising me has had RA since she was 30 and developed diabetes and fibromyalgia. She takes Prednisone and was able to taper down to the lowest dose recently!

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

She also has psoriasis and another skin one I can’t remember as well. My dad has ulcerative colitis. My mum basically gets a shot every month to kill her immune system

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

what treatments does she get for the arthritis one ? i want an idea of what my future might be looking like. my mom also has 2 autoimmune diseases !

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

She actually had to get surgery on her wrists a few years ago for that one but the shot kills her immune system so it drastically reduces her symptoms since there is no immune system left to attack the body. But she has to be VERY careful about germs and doesn’t get out much due to that

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 5h

Also think about going to get your eyes checked out. Idk if it’s all arthritis or just some but many patients like me end up getting uveitis in the eyes after arthritis diagnosis

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