Anyone with Celiac? Thyroid?

[Guest guest]

I'm part of a celiac group for my daughter and this group for my aunt

who has CLL. From reading on the internet, it sounds like once you

have one auto-immune issue, you could have others as well? Do any of

you have thyroid problems or are on a gluten-free diet?

I suspect my aunt may also have celiac because she's having this rash,

itching problem that's associated with celiac...

Thanks for your time.

[Guest guest]

A very interesting feature of the autoimmunity associated with CLL is that it is

mostly directed against blood related targets, such as red blood cells and

platelets. We do not see an increase in thyroiditis or diabetes.

Rick Furman, MD

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I'm part of a celiac group for my daughter and this group for

my aunt

who has CLL. From reading on the internet, it sounds like once you

have one auto-immune issue, you could have others as well? Do any of

you have thyroid problems or are on a gluten-free diet?

I suspect my aunt may also have celiac because she's having this rash,

itching problem that's associated with celiac...

Thanks for your time.

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Dr. Furman. Interesting. Here's a discussion of theories.

http://tinyurl.com/653fdd

Karl l

>

> A very interesting feature of the autoimmunity associated with CLL

is that it is mostly directed against blood related targets, such as

red blood cells and platelets. We do not see an increase in

thyroiditis or diabetes.

>

> Rick Furman, MD

>

> -----Original Message-----

>

> From: cupcake_lil <cupcake_lil@...>

> Subj: Anyone with Celiac? Thyroid?

> Date: Sat Dec 6, 2008 9:30 am

> Size: 12K

>

>

> I'm part of a celiac group for my daughter and

this group for my aunt

> who has CLL. From reading on the internet, it sounds like once you

> have one auto-immune issue, you could have others as well? Do any

of

> you have thyroid problems or are on a gluten-free diet?

>

> I suspect my aunt may also have celiac because she's having this

rash,

> itching problem that's associated with celiac...

>

> Thanks for your time.

>