This certainly is a complicated situation! LS-L, fair and

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balanced!  Re AIH / CD:  It certainly is, Harper.  Because all I have is my

opinion and not proof, and because I want to know the truth, I decided to search

under " untreated autoimmune disease trigger another autoimmune disease " and

found this paper (Do that search and scroll down to the 5th article in order to

read the whole thing).:

 

Systemic autoimmune disorders in celiac disease

by A Fasano - 2006

" Coexpressed autoimmune diseases or (2) untreated celiac disease leading to the

onset of other autoimmune diseases. This article reviews the current ..... This

paper reports the effect of the celiac disease trigger gliadin on macrophage

.... "

This study would seem to support your thinking, Harper and Sabine.  This is a

fascinating subject.

 

Here's another which supports your theories even stronger:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12655265

Autoimmune hepatitis, cryoglobulinaemia and untreated coeliac disease: a case

report. (2003)

 

Not wanting to spend an hour on this, these are the only two I read and they are

both dated.  Hope somebody finds a study dated 2009 or 2010.

 

I love learning new things, and thanks for the stimulating discussions, ladies. 

It has been very interesting.  And as we have learned, we can ask two different

specialists and get two different answers, but I'm swaying toward becoming a

convert!

 

Kay