Guest guest Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 For those who have MELAS, does anyone also suffer from psoriasis? I know that there are other autoimmune diseases that can be caused by MELAS, and I was curious to see if anyone suffered from psoriasis as well. I have MELAS and I have bouts with psoriasis. My mother (who also has MELAS) suffers from hypothyroidism. I read somewhere that if a parent had an autoimmune disease or if you have one autoimmune disease , then you are at a higher risk of having another (or an) autoimmune disease. Thanks, Caroline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 I have Melas and suffer from diabetes and hypothyroidism. No psoriasis. Vivian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 There does seem to be a genetic link to autoimmune diseases. I know there are several in our family. I have hashimoto's and vitiligo. But I do not have psoriasis. cmpointer ThePointerFamily@...> wrote: For those who have MELAS, does anyone also suffer from psoriasis? I know that there are other autoimmune diseases that can be caused by MELAS, and I was curious to see if anyone suffered from psoriasis as well. I have MELAS and I have bouts with psoriasis. My mother (who also has MELAS) suffers from hypothyroidism. I read somewhere that if a parent had an autoimmune disease or if you have one autoimmune disease , then you are at a higher risk of having another (or an) autoimmune disease. Thanks, Caroline Medical advice, information, opinions, data and statements contained herein are not necessarily those of the list moderators. The author of this e mail is entirely responsible for its content. List members are reminded of their responsibility to evaluate the content of the postings and consult with their physicians regarding changes in their own treatment. Personal attacks are not permitted on the list and anyone who sends one is automatically moderated or removed depending on the severity of the attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 The MDA site has an article about: Protein Variant May Be Autoimmune Disease Risk Factor Here is the link if anyone is interested. http://mdausa.org/research/060302ptpn22.html Bristow wrote: >There does seem to be a genetic link to autoimmune diseases. I know there are several in our family. I have hashimoto's and vitiligo. But I do not have psoriasis. > > > >cmpointer ThePointerFamily@...> wrote: > For those who have MELAS, does anyone also suffer from psoriasis? I >know that there are other autoimmune diseases that can be caused by >MELAS, and I was curious to see if anyone suffered from psoriasis as >well. I have MELAS and I have bouts with psoriasis. My mother (who >also has MELAS) suffers from hypothyroidism. I read somewhere that if >a parent had an autoimmune disease or if you have one autoimmune >disease , then you are at a higher risk of having another (or an) >autoimmune disease. > >Thanks, >Caroline > > > > > >Medical advice, information, opinions, data and statements contained herein are not necessarily those of the list moderators. The author of this e mail is entirely responsible for its content. List members are reminded of their responsibility to evaluate the content of the postings and consult with their physicians regarding changes in their own treatment. > >Personal attacks are not permitted on the list and anyone who sends one is automatically moderated or removed depending on the severity of the attack. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 hi, I have melas, just found out. But I have psoriasis and hypothyroidism also. I also have many other health problems also. --- dgregori dgregori@...> wrote: > The MDA site has an article about: > > > Protein Variant May Be Autoimmune Disease Risk > Factor > > > Here is the link if anyone is interested. > http://mdausa.org/research/060302ptpn22.html > > > > > Bristow wrote: > > >There does seem to be a genetic link to autoimmune > diseases. I know there are several in our family. I > have hashimoto's and vitiligo. But I do not have > psoriasis. > > > > > > > >cmpointer ThePointerFamily@...> wrote: > > For those who have MELAS, does anyone also suffer > from psoriasis? I > >know that there are other autoimmune diseases that > can be caused by > >MELAS, and I was curious to see if anyone suffered > from psoriasis as > >well. I have MELAS and I have bouts with > psoriasis. My mother (who > >also has MELAS) suffers from hypothyroidism. I > read somewhere that if > >a parent had an autoimmune disease or if you have > one autoimmune > >disease , then you are at a higher risk of having > another (or an) > >autoimmune disease. > > > >Thanks, > >Caroline > > > > > > > > > > > >Medical advice, information, opinions, data and > statements contained herein are not necessarily > those of the list moderators. The author of this e > mail is entirely responsible for its content. List > members are reminded of their responsibility to > evaluate the content of the postings and consult > with their physicians regarding changes in their own > treatment. > > > >Personal attacks are not permitted on the list and > anyone who sends one is automatically moderated or > removed depending on the severity of the attack. > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 We have MELAS in our family. my 39 yr old brother has what he thought was psoriasis on his legs. Had it since high school. Couple years ago started losing pigment in his face. doc told him was vitiligo, that is what on his legs also but his legs are scaly and itchy and his face is not. He has no other problems that he knows of. I am 43 and am diabetic, my blood sugar goes up with physical exercise. I have a small patch on the back of my neck that is similiar to psoriasis that my gp had me try some lotion of some sort on a couple of years ago. Helped for awhile but them came back. I really never mentioned it to her again. I have problems with scaly patches on my scalp but only in a small area and not too bad. Do not know if my sister and mother who died from MELAS had any problems. My mother was a diet controlled diabetic. Janet Sample MELAS & psoriasis For those who have MELAS, does anyone also suffer from psoriasis? I know that there are other autoimmune diseases that can be caused by MELAS, and I was curious to see if anyone suffered from psoriasis as well. I have MELAS and I have bouts with psoriasis. My mother (who also has MELAS) suffers from hypothyroidism. I read somewhere that if a parent had an autoimmune disease or if you have one autoimmune disease , then you are at a higher risk of having another (or an) autoimmune disease. Thanks, Caroline Medical advice, information, opinions, data and statements contained herein are not necessarily those of the list moderators. The author of this e mail is entirely responsible for its content. List members are reminded of their responsibility to evaluate the content of the postings and consult with their physicians regarding changes in their own treatment. Personal attacks are not permitted on the list and anyone who sends one is automatically moderated or removed depending on the severity of the attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 me also - the same. pamela Re: MELAS & psoriasis I have Melas and suffer from diabetes and hypothyroidism. No psoriasis. Vivian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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