brother with auto immune disease

[jpcv]

My brother has developed an auto imune skin disease called subcorneal pustular dermatoses, a blistering disease carachterized by IgA auto antibodies against antigens of the epidermis.
I have ME and a high ANA titer and now he develops a auto imune condition.
Very inetersting...

 

[maybe some day]

Is it sucessfully treatable?

 

[jpcv]

Yes, mainly with Dapsone or corticosteroids.

 

[Dmitri]

I have a moderate ANA of 1:160 and family members with autoimmune disease. This is where occam's razor suggests an autoimmune cause. Do your tests for lupus, sjogren's, scleroderma etc. come back negative?

 

[jpcv]

Well, my ANA was 1:160, now it´s 1:320
All my other tests(ENA) are negative, as well as thyroid auto antibodies

 

[Martial]

Kind of off topic but do they still treat most auto immune diseases with corticosteroids? To me i would feel that would put people at risk for a lot of infections to take hold stronger.

 

[jpcv]

It depends on the disease, there are better drugs now.

 

[knackers323]

I've had fluctuating ANA levels and brother and grandmother both with autoimmune illnesses