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> The establishment(God I hate that word) all pretty much agree that the majority of autoimmune diseases are a self misclassification.

Certainly not the majority, there are a lot of very severe auto-immune diseases that are very real.

I had my immune system attack my thyroid gland 30 years ago (Graves Disease) and had to have it ablated completely with radioactive Iodine 131. My TSH was 0.00.

I was skinny, angry, and losing my mind prior to being diagnosed.

After stabilizing me (I just have to take Synthroid for the rest of my life), everything is normal again.




I think the point was that "Most autoimmune disorders are either infections or gut dysbiosis" is only true because "the majority of autoimmune diseases are a self misclassification." That is, most autoimmunue disorders [discussed as such online] aren't actually autoimmune disorders.


I meant self classification in that the self misclassified certain proteins as an "other" and starts attacking it.

And yes I agree they are very real and awful my grandmother had rheumatoid arthritis and it was terrible.

My reply was to the link he posted where he talked about auto immune disorders.




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