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A member asked:

Have still unidentified autoimmune systemic disease. no medication yet. can a vaccine (pcv13/ppsv23) cause more trouble activating my immune system?

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NO: It will not cause more trouble and will protect you from pneumonia. From a review in the Lancet comes the following statement:"As a general rule, patients with an autoimmune disease are not at risk of exacerbation after administration of any of the available vaccines. Conversely, several vaccine-preventable infections are known to negatively affect the course of defined autoimmune diseases"http://image.thelancet.com/extras/02art9340web.pdf

Answered 12/9/2014

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