Does any one else on here have other disorders besides vitiligo. I have type 1 diabetes and I got that first before my vitiligo. I was perfectly healthy and at age 20 my pancreas just stop working and the doctor at the time gave the explaination that my immune system was basically out of whack and attacked my pancreas. My diabetes came on all of a sudden and it was not inherited. I am the only person on both my mom and dad side of the family to have type 1 diabetes and of course, like vit, I will have diabetes all my life.
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Yes, I was disagnosed with crohns disease when I was 21. Thank God and a good doctor, I was able to go into remission and have been great since my youngest was born. He's now almost 30. Then I was diagnosed with an underactive thryroid in my 40's. So, go figure... I guess if you're going to have one autoimmune disease, you might as well have more. Seems that's the way it works... Keep the faith!!!
The onset of Vitiligo is usually around the age of 20 so even if you don't have any auto-immune disorders people mostly get it between 18 - 20 years of age
Really, I did not know that. I did not get vit until my late 20's I had my diabetes for 8 years before my vit started. I asked because diabetes is an auto immune disease and I was told my vit is also and my diabetes came on very suddenly and I wanted to find out if there were others on here, like me who are dealing with other issues besides vit. Thanks for the information.
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The onset of Vitiligo is usually around the age of 20 so even if you don't have any auto-immune disorders people mostly get it between 18 - 20 years of age