I have two autoimmune diseases, possibly three, and my ancestry is in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. All around the Mediterranean…
There is SOMETHING wonky going on in my genes.
“I have two autoimmune diseases”
One has been enough for me. The joy of having an over-enthusiastic and hostile immune system. While most people want to strengthen their immune system, some of us have to kill off the little traitors.
One big mystery is why aren’t the renegade antibodies always causing trouble? Instead they just simmer along until some unknown factor pisses them off and they start cranking out massive amounts of trouble. For me the trigger can be something common like ibuprofen. Or a virus. Or a vaccine to fight a virus. Sometimes it’s damned if you do, damned if you don’t.