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I just found out my mother had it. I and my son both have auto immune disorders. Mine is under active thyroid and my son has ulcerative colitis. Do we need to get checked out
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Chrisy wendy49087
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I am not sure if LS is hereditary although I strongly suspect it is. I know other auto-immune disorders go hand in hand with it. I suspect my Dad's mother had it. She had lots of creams in her bathroom. I noticed her skin pigmentation was strange with area's of lighter patches which were more noticeable when she tanned. They weren't the classic totally white area's usually seen with vitiligo (another auto-immune problem) but I have since developed the same marks on my arms and my dermatologist has diagnosed it as a type of vitiligo.
She was also diabetic which I myself have now developed since having LS. There is a known link to Ls and diabetes. People with Ls can go on to develop diabetes and other auto immune problems, or may already have them. I believe the auto immune process is where the body's immune system attacks it's own cells. It seems to attack the pancreas amongst other body parts possibly causing the diabetes. I am not sure which came first the Ls or the other auto immune problems I suffer but I strongly suspect that I had Ls as a young woman, totally undiagnosed for many years, as I often tore during intercourse and was often very sore after. I can only assume in my case the Ls was present from childhood and I was maybe even born with it.
In saying all this my Nan lived to 84 and was quite mobile and mentally alert to the end. She seemed to enjoy life to the full and I won't mind if I am like that. I can't say my father had Ls but he did have diabetes from the age of 40 and an 'Itch' that as children we joked about. How I wish I could talk to him now!!!
I think this is a brilliant conversation. It may throw up ideas that we can all talk to our specialists about.