The exact reason I told my wife, who has a number of autoimmune disorders to not get the jabs. Glad she listened to me.
Doctor’s Response:
The National Institutes of Health estimates autoimmune diseases affect more than 23.5 million people in the U.S., but The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association believes as many as 50 million people may be affected by an autoimmune disorder. There are 80 to 100 different autoimmune diseases. Some autoimmune diseases are rare, while others are more common.
According to The Autoimmune Registry, the top 10 most common autoimmune diseases include:
Rheumatoid arthritis
Hashimoto’s autoimmune thyroiditis
Celiac disease
Graves’ disease
Diabetes mellitus, type 1
Vitiligo
Rheumatic fever
Pernicious anemia/atrophic gastritis
Alopecia areata
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura
My wife in early March had a hip replacement due to severe Rheumatoid arthritis. She has had RA in her hands and feet and takes a NSAID to relieve the pain for over a decade
Her surgeon said no to all/any suggestions that she get a booster Covid shot. He had her restart her NSAID the day after surgery with Pepcid to protect her GI system.