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Originally Posted by Ellen McDonough
...and then developed other autoimmune illnesses after treatment with Gengraf and immunotherapy.
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Ellen, have you had experience with this happening? It is not uncommon for someone to have more than one autoimmune condition, but if you are suggesting that IST might stimulate others, that is the opposite of how it's supposed to work. Immune suppressants can certainly increase your susceptibility to other opportunistic infections, but they are meant to keep autoimmune attacks in check. Just curious why you asked.
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-Lisa, husband Ken age 60 dx SAA 7/04, dx hypo MDS 1/06 w/finding of trisomy 8; 2 ATGs, partial remission, still using cyclosporine
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