https://www.medhelp.org/user_posts/list/642304 Medical communities and forums staffed by doctors from leading medical centers. Over 325 forums and communities providing medical information and medical help. en The Ureaplasma (a mycoplasma) infection could still be a problem. Similar Mycoplasma infections are Garth L Nicolson, PhD Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:46:01 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Post-viral-post-infective-arthritis/show/1855500#post_8624372 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Post-viral-post-infective-arthritis/show/1855500#post_8624372 High ANA values can occur in patients with cancer when the cancer cells are dying due to rapid growth Garth L Nicolson, PhD Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:39:28 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/ANA-antibodies-food-intollerances-and-mesh-question/show/1854678#post_8624357 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/ANA-antibodies-food-intollerances-and-mesh-question/show/1854678#post_8624357 The supplement that you mention has been used but with mixed results, so we are careful about recomme Garth L Nicolson, PhD Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:48:37 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Scarlet-rashes-possible-mycoplasm/show/1855469#post_8596034 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Scarlet-rashes-possible-mycoplasm/show/1855469#post_8596034 I am not sure why your surgeon has come to the conclusion that it is not at all related to your surge Garth L Nicolson, PhD Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:43:11 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Just-curious/show/1856130#post_8596018 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Just-curious/show/1856130#post_8596018 Yes, it could. Other glands besides the tear glands (causing the characteristic symptom of eye dryne Garth L Nicolson, PhD Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:33:29 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Sjorgens-Syndrome/show/1856135#post_8591804 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Sjorgens-Syndrome/show/1856135#post_8591804 Yes, it could. Other glands besides the tear glands (causing the characteristic symptom of eye dryne Garth L Nicolson, PhD Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:32:49 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Sjorgens-Syndrome/show/1856135#post_8591800 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Sjorgens-Syndrome/show/1856135#post_8591800 I am not sure what anesthesia drugs that you received and whether these could or could not have produ Garth L Nicolson, PhD Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:24:34 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Just-curious/show/1856130#post_8591768 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Just-curious/show/1856130#post_8591768 You could still have a STD, even with the most common STD infections ruled out. With your S/S I wo Garth L Nicolson, PhD Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:16:25 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/some-autoinmune-illness/show/1856117#post_8591739 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/some-autoinmune-illness/show/1856117#post_8591739 Sorry, I don't think that I can answer your question. Perhaps you could go to the site below and ask Garth L Nicolson, PhD Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:10:59 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/True-autoimmune-desease/show/1856114#post_8591723 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/True-autoimmune-desease/show/1856114#post_8591723 That could certainly be the problem. But then what? It sounds like the Hep infection never entirely Garth L Nicolson, PhD Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:31:42 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Post-viral-post-infective-arthritis/show/1855500#post_8588321 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Post-viral-post-infective-arthritis/show/1855500#post_8588321 Yes, this is fairly common in patients with systemic Mycoplasma infections, but it also occurs in oth Garth L Nicolson, PhD Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:08:14 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Scarlet-rashes-possible-mycoplasm/show/1855469#post_8588240 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Scarlet-rashes-possible-mycoplasm/show/1855469#post_8588240 Believe me, I wish that I had some insight into these problems, but this is really outside of my area Garth L Nicolson, PhD Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:45:30 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/rare-genetic-syndrome/show/1855392#post_8588137 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/rare-genetic-syndrome/show/1855392#post_8588137 Your pain sounds like fibromyalgia, and you should look into this. So, what possible linkage could Garth L Nicolson, PhD Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:32:35 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/I-have-MS-Should-I-see-someone-about-the-possibility-of/show/1855363#post_8588079 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/I-have-MS-Should-I-see-someone-about-the-possibility-of/show/1855363#post_8588079 Your comments are correct. The reason that I have been so focused on chronic infections is that we ha Garth L Nicolson, PhD Tue, 04 Dec 2012 09:47:48 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Prickling-warm-sensation-on-skin/show/1854441#post_8583534 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Prickling-warm-sensation-on-skin/show/1854441#post_8583534 The mesh materials are not usually immunogenic, which means that they don't usually stimulate an immu Garth L Nicolson, PhD Tue, 04 Dec 2012 09:38:46 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/ANA-antibodies-food-intollerances-and-mesh-question/show/1854678#post_8583502 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/ANA-antibodies-food-intollerances-and-mesh-question/show/1854678#post_8583502 ANA 1/640 titer means that your serum can be serially diluted 7-times from an initial 1/10 dilution, Garth L Nicolson, PhD Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:37:53 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/ANA-antibodies-food-intollerances-and-mesh-question/show/1854678#post_8582575 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/ANA-antibodies-food-intollerances-and-mesh-question/show/1854678#post_8582575 You could try natural thyroid medications, like Armour, which is a pig thyroid preparation containing Garth L Nicolson, PhD Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:06:12 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Allergy-to-Thyroid-medication/show/1854681#post_8582458 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Allergy-to-Thyroid-medication/show/1854681#post_8582458 This is the sort of thing that requires a specialist, especially if a suspected benign or malignant g Garth L Nicolson, PhD Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:36:47 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/TSH-declining/show/1854674#post_8582366 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/TSH-declining/show/1854674#post_8582366 You can find more information on treatment and testing on our website, www.immed.org Garth L Nicolson, PhD Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:32:31 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Feeling-of-Coldness-or-Chilliness-all-the-time/show/1854422#post_8582349 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/Feeling-of-Coldness-or-Chilliness-all-the-time/show/1854422#post_8582349 Here are some of the drugs that are used to treat MS. All of them have some problems and are not com Garth L Nicolson, PhD Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:28:30 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/MS-WHAT-MED/show/1854671#post_8582342 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Autoimmune-Disorders/MS-WHAT-MED/show/1854671#post_8582342