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re: Local ER doc (South LA) here to answer your COVID-19 questions
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:15 am to BeepNode
Posted on 4/2/20 at 9:15 am to BeepNode
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Auto-immune diseases: Are people with psoriasis, crohns, MS, lupus, etc worse off once they contract CV because of cytokine storms?
This depends, you are more at risk with an autoimmune disease if you are taking a medication that puts you at risk for disease. Several DMD's ( disease-modifying drugs) do this.
I have MS. I contacted my neurologist, and she told me to continue to take low dose naltrexone, which is my dmd. I did some research and it helps with a cytokine storm, and it restores my immune system. So I should be ( hopefully) good if I catch this. Who really knows, I guess I will find out if I do catch it.
( I am not a doc)
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Posted on 4/2/20 at 10:08 am to latxwoman
I think the results of patients with auto-immune will be very interesting to see after all of this.
I have Ankylosing Spondylitis, and I take three medications that lower my immune system (Humira, methotrexate, and sulfasalazine). Obviously, this makes me more susceptible to catching covid, but I hear that Humira could possibly help fight it off also. I’ve been on Humira for three years, and I’ve never gotten sick (knock on wood). Before that, I was a teacher for twenty years, and I rarely got sick.
I have Ankylosing Spondylitis, and I take three medications that lower my immune system (Humira, methotrexate, and sulfasalazine). Obviously, this makes me more susceptible to catching covid, but I hear that Humira could possibly help fight it off also. I’ve been on Humira for three years, and I’ve never gotten sick (knock on wood). Before that, I was a teacher for twenty years, and I rarely got sick.
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