RE: PSC & Eczema

[Guest guest]

Personally, I think if you have one autoimmune disease, you're likely to have others.

I have (in order of occurrence):

1976 - Allergies (mainly cats, dogs, house dust, horses - managed by hygiene, avoidance only

1977 - Ulcerative colitis - asymptomatic, managed with sulfasalazine

1978 - Exercise-induced asthma (although I didn't know what it was then)

1989 - Full-blown asthma (usually asymptomatic, and I hope whoever invented Singulair is making a LOT of money from it)

1995 - Eczema - I still use skin moisturizers, but that's all

1996 - Degenerative vertebra (back surgery) - I still throw hay and lift weights, but I'm fairly religious with Yoga - calcium, glucosamine/chondroitin

2000 - PSC - the most worrisome, but currently asymptomatic (3 ERCPs in 2000./2001, one for diagnosis, one for stent placement, one for removal, URSO, SAMe, milk thistle)

These are all thought to have autoimmune components. Fortunately (this is a wonderful time to be alive, due to medical advances), they are all either completely controlled by medication or are currently quiescent.

Arne

56 - UC 1977, PSC 2000

Alive and (mostly) well in Minnesota

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From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of alisonb42001

Hi all,

My Dad has PSC and allergies and has recently developed eczema. I know

that itching is a symptom of PSC, but does anyone know if PSC is linked

with eczema?

[Guest guest]

Arne,

I agree with you. A screwy immune system is underneath it all….making

the whole system turn on itself by over working, becoming auto immune.

I have……

1974 common variable immune deficiency (no Bcells at all, so no

immunoglobulins)

1977glandular fever

1980’s exercise induced asthma….called a chronic

cough in those days

1995 psc

2003 non-specific B cell lymphoma (when I’m not generating

bcells in my bone marrow…they suddenly appeared and were cancerous)

2007 hepatic pulmonary syndrome hence the transplant necessity

I agree that it’s a wonderful time to be around, with the

achievements in medical research. I was never expected to live to adulthood,

and not only am I now what I used to consider old (42), but I have two

wonderful and healthy daughters.

Penny T

Personally, I

think if you have one autoimmune disease, you're likely to have others.

These are all

thought to have autoimmune components. Fortunately (this is a wonderful

time to be alive, due to medical advances), they are all either completely

controlled by medication or are currently quiescent.