Questions tagged [autoimmune-disease]

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Comorbidity of autoimmune diseases

Do people who have one autoimmune disease (for example rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's, Hashimoto hypothyroidism) have a statistically significant higher chance of developing another autoimmune disease in another part of their body later in life?
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Crohn's disease and sauna

If you have Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) (for example Crohn's or Ulcerative Colitis) is sauna good for you or bad? And how often you can go to sauna? Every day? I think it can be good because or relaxation, but maybe bad because of extreme…
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What are the pathologies most likely to occur after leukemia?

I heard leukemia survivors are at risks of multiple subsequent conditions. What are they? In particular, is there a correlation between leukemia and subsequent auto-immune diseases? I remember having read some articles mentionning type 1 diabetes…