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My autoimmune disease is likely caused by modern technical advances and is almost nonexistent in countries that haven't modernized. There's very limited resear

My autoimmune disease is likely caused by modern technical advances and is almost nonexistent in countries that haven't modernized. There's very limited research done on on fixing it and lots done on treating the symptoms. Each commercial I see advertising a new medication to treat the symptoms is like a slap in the face. It's played a large part in being vaccine hesitant. My life has been severely impacted by "trusting the science". It's very likely the science that ended up negatively impacting me is not harmful for 99% of the population. We're trying to reverse engineer systems by clicking buttons on the UI instead of reading the code.

phillipharris 5y ago
What autoimmune disease if you don’t mind me asking?
- manwe150 5y ago
  I would guess Guillain-Barre, since that is triggered by some viral infections and also sometimes vaccination (perhaps the same underlying reason). It affects very few people after vaccination, but that information is not going to be much comfort to the people it does impact. It is one condition that is a known risk factor for certain vaccines (or of various viral infections). That it could have happened anyways, from an infection, is also probably not much comfort to those who end up with it.
mtberatwork 5y ago
> My autoimmune disease is likely caused by modern technical advances I'm absolutely certain that my autoimmune disease manifested itself later in life due to chronic stress at work (a modern advancement so to speak). While not the cause, it was certainly the catalyst. Now that the proverbial Pandora's box of autoimmune diseases has been opened inside of me, there's no closing it back up and I can only manage it to some degree. > There's very limited research done on on fixing it and lots done on treating the symptoms. Each commercial I see advertising a new medication to treat the symptoms is like a slap in the face. Yup, exactly this. You have to take things into your own hands and figure out what works for you in terms of management. Not many doctors are going to take the time to sit down with you to figure out the root cause(s).

phillipharris 5y ago

What autoimmune disease if you don’t mind me asking?

manwe150 5y ago
I would guess Guillain-Barre, since that is triggered by some viral infections and also sometimes vaccination (perhaps the same underlying reason). It affects very few people after vaccination, but that information is not going to be much comfort to the people it does impact. It is one condition that is a known risk factor for certain vaccines (or of various viral infections). That it could have happened anyways, from an infection, is also probably not much comfort to those who end up with it.

mtberatwork 5y ago

> My autoimmune disease is likely caused by modern technical advances I'm absolutely certain that my autoimmune disease manifested itself later in life due to chronic stress at work (a modern advancement so to speak). While not the cause, it was certainly the catalyst. Now that the proverbial Pandora's box of autoimmune diseases has been opened inside of me, there's no closing it back up and I can only manage it to some degree. > There's very limited research done on on fixing it and lots done on treating the symptoms. Each commercial I see advertising a new medication to treat the symptoms is like a slap in the face. Yup, exactly this. You have to take things into your own hands and figure out what works for you in terms of management. Not many doctors are going to take the time to sit down with you to figure out the root cause(s).