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1. epcoa · 1790279451 · focus · HN ↗

   "Some day, your immune system may decide to attack your pancreas."

   Immune attack of the pancreas is usually a disease of youth. Type 2 diabetes which is overwhelmingly the diabetes associated with aging is not an autoimmune disease.

   1. joshmarinacci · 1790281595 · focus · HN ↗

      Adult onset Type 1 has become a lot more common in recent decades. Ask me how I know.

      1. mschuster91 · 1790281879 · focus · HN ↗

         Just like a ton of other autoimmune diseases.

         1. ramijames · 1790284369 · focus · HN ↗

            Psoriasis sufferer checking in. Brutal.

            1. hobo123 · 1790314258 · focus · HN ↗

               You might want to check out the low vitamin a crowd. Some weirdos in there, but we all do very well. Seems to help with many autoimmune disorders (for me: allergies and nightly urination almost gone).

               e.g. microberto on X, nutrition detective on YT

               1. ramijames · 1790619407 · focus · HN ↗

                  Jfc, no. I'll stick with my rheumatologist. Getting health advice from people online, much less X, is one of the core problems of modern society. People need to get a grip.

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