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Jilly_in_VA

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3. It's been pretty well proven

Reply to mopinko (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 8, 2021, 09:26 AM

Oct 2021

that many auto-immune diseases hit us after a viral infection. Type I diabetes is almost universally acknowledged to be one of those. And most of them hit us when our immune system is low for one reason or another. There was a very good article in a recent issue of Scientific American, either August or September. Very readable. I'm sorry I don't have the link but it shouldn't be hard to find.

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Alzheimer's: The heretical and hopeful role of infection [View all] Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 OP

I hope that researchers will finally conclude that Alzheimer's is several diseases with similar question everything Oct 2021 #1

autoimmune diseases, too. mopinko Oct 2021 #2

It's been pretty well proven Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 #3

i'll check it out. my sister's ms most def kicked off by a virus. mopinko Oct 2021 #4