Question 1

can h pylori cause or have connection to neurological demyelinating diseases or autoimmune diseases?

Accepted Answer

: This question is indeed crucial, as it has to do with the microbiome system.  H. pylori has been implicated in mild cognitive impairment but also perhaps in Guillain-Barre Syndrome.  Campylobacter jejuni is better related to Guillain-Barre, but this may also implicate Helicobacter species.  Further research is very important here.

Question 2

are stubby fingers a sign of an autoimmune disease?

Accepted Answer

No: It is a sign that you have likely inherited them from one or both of your parents.

Question 3

loss of orgasmic sensation and finding it harder to achieve erection could this be linked to my autoimmune disease. sign of serious nerves damaged ?

Accepted Answer

Possibly: Since you offer no specifics as to what disease you have, there is no way to answer your question. Medications are another likely cause.

Question 4

are the pattern and sequence of presentation of signs/symptoms useful in diagnosing autoimmune disease or are they different in every case?

Accepted Answer

Individual: Doctors generally follow guidelines to diagnose autoimmune disease, including blood tests, x rays and symptoms and signs. Everyone is different how they manifest them but the guidelines apply to most.

Question 5

firm lump under skin on leg dr said could be sign of an autoimmune disease. have a red patch on other leg. is this also a sign?

Accepted Answer

Differ: To me it sounds like a fibroma/sebaceous cyst/reactive node. The rash may be just ring worm/dry skin. Does not sound like auto immune disease.

Question 6

i have horizontal ridges on my finger nails and i'm being tested for lupus. is that a sign of an autoimmune disease?

Accepted Answer

May be autoimmune: Yes, this could be a sign of autoimmune diseases.

Question 7

im a 39 y/o male with 4 autoimmune diseases. all my life my baseline temp was 98.5-98.7. over the last year its dropped 1.5-2 degrees averaging 96.7. what conditions could cause a new baseline temp? what should i ask my doctor for? thank you?

Accepted Answer

: Hypothyroidism is likely the most common condition to lower basal body temperature, especially in your case with a significant history of autoimmune disease.

Question 8

what do autoimmune diseases attack?

Accepted Answer

Any part of the body: Autoimmune illness happens when a person's immune system mistakenly targets her/his own cells, tissues, organs. Because of this, at least eighty, and probably many more, diseases are actually considered autoimmune in origin. The disease doesn't attack. It's the attack that caused the disease.

Question 9

are autoimmune diseases very common?

Accepted Answer

Yes.: Most people with hypothyroidism have the disease hashimoto's thyroiditis.  When you add psoriasis, colitis to the diseases ra, spondyloarthritis, type 1 diabetes, and onward, you have a majorpercentage of american's having an "autoimmune disease.

Question 10

what can cause an autoimmune disease?

Accepted Answer

"cellular confusion": Many diseases can be classified as autoimmune (rheumatoid arthritis, celiac disease, multiple sclerosis, etc) immune system is designed to protect us from outside infections, toxins, and is programmed to recognize foreign objects.  Sometimes body parts are mistakenly identified and our white blood cells attack our organ systems.  Genetics, the environment, prior infections may trigger this error.

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Loss of orgasmic sensation and finding it harder to achieve erection could this be linked to my autoimmune disease. sign of serious nerves damaged ?

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Are the pattern and sequence of presentation of signs/symptoms useful in diagnosing autoimmune disease or are they different in every case?

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Firm lump under skin on leg dr said could be sign of an autoimmune disease. have a red patch on other leg. is this also a sign?

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I have horizontal ridges on my finger nails and i'm being tested for lupus. is that a sign of an autoimmune disease?

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Im a 39 y/o male with 4 autoimmune diseases. all my life my baseline temp was 98.5-98.7. over the last year its dropped 1.5-2 degrees averaging 96.7. what conditions could cause a new baseline temp? what should i ask my doctor for? thank you?

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What do autoimmune diseases attack?

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What can cause an autoimmune disease?

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