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could copd be an autoimmune disorder?

Could COPD and autoimmune disorders be related?  Rheumatoidologist said I did not have lupus or rheumatory arthritis but prescribed plaquenil and naproxen, which only made me sick so I stopped taking them.  Then was diagnosed with COPD.  Could they be related?
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Yes there is, IGENEX labs are purpoted to be the best.  Get tested for Lyme while you're at it.
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Interesting.  Is there a blood test for this?  
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Could also be an infection with mycoplasma, which the medical community doesn't much acknowledge, as of yet.  I myself don't much believe in autoimmune, I think it more likely that your immune system is trying to get at something, something so tiny it takes an electron microscope to see them.
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Thanks for your help.  
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757137 tn?1347196453
The asthma part could be.
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