DNA and Sjogren's
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Please write with your blood type and family history of Sjogren's. Let's share and solve the mystery of this sydrome. My family is O pos and father and mother have Sjogren's as well.
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lily65668 jordan58854
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An interesting attempt. However, I agree with Barbara's point that the preponderance of blood group O is pretty meaningless as it's by far the most common blood type all over the world. It is interesting though - as you have already noted - that group B is turning up at least as often, as this is much less common.
I'm also wondering about the significance of reporting our ancestry, outside of certain distinct racial groups. As this is an English-language board, I suspect this makes us a bit of a self-selecting group, though not all of us will be native English. And there's another problem: just what is "native English"? We're a bit of a mongrel race! Also, most of us won't know much about our distant ancestry. My own knowledge only goes back as far as my great-grandparents, probably born around 1870.
But it's still worth trying to pull the different strands together. I might be muddying the waters here but a question that often arises in my own mind when reading through Sjogren's boards is: how many of us are on the autistic spectrum? I'm not being rude about fellow posters here, it's a genuine question. I was diagnosed as being on the spectrum when I was in my mid-40s (when it was far too late to do anything about it) and I sometimes spot elements in other posts that ring a bell with me.
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aitarg35939 lily65668
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I'm not on the autistic spectrum.
Aitarg
lily65668 aitarg35939
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No, I'm sure not everyone is. But I think it's a question worth asking, especially as there could be a candida link. And I'm so sorry to hear about your mother's untimely death due to medical malpractice.
aitarg35939 lily65668
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barbara98940 lily65668
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lily65668 barbara98940
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I think the cut-off point would be less of a problem. There have already been attempts to establish just how many autistic traits are necessary to make a diagnosis, though I understand there is as yet no agreement on that.
jordan58854 lily65668
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barbara98940 jordan58854
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jordan58854
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Sometimes I think I am on the spectrum, because I teach children who are, I certainly understand the "gut" link.
In regard to blood type O, my point is not so much about O as I am trying to understand what type, like B, shows up the most in the posts. If B is common in Sjogrens then it could be that the A antigen (ss in sheeps clothing) is the enemy because B won't accept A and perhaps Bs have an AB parent. I am O but understanding the origins of SS will not be as easy as isolating one blood type. Perhaps even Os do not accept A antigens as easily as once thought.
jordan58854
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In response to the "leaky gut" post. My father and aunt have always eating just about anything they want and some infrequent alcohol or cigs. Both never really ever drank or smoke at all.
Their onset has been in their 80s, which absolutely leads me to believe it is genet at all? There is something in the genes all along but of course triggered at a later age. It is more about WHAT IS THERE TO BEGIN WITH, and not WHEN.
Big type is just to highlight.
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Gail363 jordan58854
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