Re: Re: AIH in families, etc.

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As I understand it, autoimmune disease in general tends to be familial, but

it may appear in any of its many manifestations within a family, rather than

repeating the same autoimmune disease. That is, you're not particularly likely

to see AIH repeated in your family, but you may see celiac disease, or

Sjogren's Disorder, or psoriasis, etc.

Some researchers believe there is only one autoimmune disorder, which appears

in many forms.

ADs affect far more women than men, but the frequency is quite different

among the various ADs. Eight times as many women as men have lupus, scleroderma,

thyroiditis and Sjogren's syndrome. I think I read that MS affects 2.5 times

as many women as men. Celiac disease, the most common of all ADs, affects

twice as many women as men.

Five to eight percent of Americans have at least one AD. There are about 80

known ADs.

Many of us have more than AD; I read somewhere that " if you live long enough,

you collect them " .

" Concurrent autoimmune disorders (CAIDs) have been shown to occur in 22% to

34% of the patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). Their presence has been

linked to female gender, older age, and to certain HLA antigens . . . "

I've excerpted this from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18223493.

If I'm interpreting it correctly,the abstract of this study notes it was done

with Brazilian subjects, who may have a low level of certain antigens. I

believe they're saying that the frequency may be higher in other countries. If

you're interested in this, you should look at the site and make your own

interpretation.

Harper

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Well, Harper, just guess we are getting too old. I am collecting a ton of

them....stopped counting years ago! LOL

Debby

Re: [ ] Re: AIH in families, etc.

As I understand it, autoimmune disease in general tends to be familial, but

it may appear in any of its many manifestations within a family, rather than

repeating the same autoimmune disease. That is, you're not particularly likely

to see AIH repeated in your family, but you may see celiac disease, or

Sjogren's Disorder, or psoriasis, etc.

Some researchers believe there is only one autoimmune disorder, which appears

in many forms.

ADs affect far more women than men, but the frequency is quite different

among the various ADs. Eight times as many women as men have lupus,

scleroderma,

thyroiditis and Sjogren's syndrome. I think I read that MS affects 2.5 times

as many women as men. Celiac disease, the most common of all ADs, affects

twice as many women as men.

Five to eight percent of Americans have at least one AD. There are about 80

known ADs.

Many of us have more than AD; I read somewhere that " if you live long enough,

you collect them " .

" Concurrent autoimmune disorders (CAIDs) have been shown to occur in 22% to

34% of the patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). Their presence has been

linked to female gender, older age, and to certain HLA antigens . . . "

I've excerpted this from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18223493.

If I'm interpreting it correctly,the abstract of this study notes it was done

with Brazilian subjects, who may have a low level of certain antigens. I

believe they're saying that the frequency may be higher in other countries. If

you're interested in this, you should look at the site and make your own

interpretation.

Harper

Harper

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