Posted by Miguel Meza on November 16, 2009 at 3:16pm
so if am in MMA and i want 2 know that if having vitiligo makes it harder for me meaning is easy to catch infections and the flu cuz of our immune system
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bcuz i got sick like 4 days ago with the worst throat infect ear infection and it sucks and i drink med and more med but it doesnt get any better...soo i got like 30 oranges and made it in orange juice and am starting to feel better
Good question!
I don't know if I can say that having vitiligo made my immune system weaker…. but recently, I had a nasty flu (NO it's not swine flu lol) and the next thing I know my vit which was stable for a while was spreading ...and I swear to God that it's progress is somehow connected with the flu….
Nadika
I don’t think vit necessarily cause a weaker immune system… but the current treatments such as steroids are immunosuppressant , hence people who are on these treatments are more likely have a weaker immune system!
But in my case having a weaker immune system defiantly made vit worse :-(
May be if you compare life before Vitiligo and life after Vitiligo - then you will know if you catch infections and the flu more now - than before you had Vitiligo !!!
I also wonder if anyone here is underweight ???!!!!
I don't think we're going to get flu or any other infection easily. Look at the photos of all the beautiful, healthy, smart people on this site! We look like the cream of the crop to me with no other diseases. That's what's weird about vitiligo. That's why it's hard for me to accept this "auto immune disorder" diagnosis. Maybe, but I think it's a digestive problem with poor copper metabolism.
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I don't know if I can say that having vitiligo made my immune system weaker…. but recently, I had a nasty flu (NO it's not swine flu lol) and the next thing I know my vit which was stable for a while was spreading ...and I swear to God that it's progress is somehow connected with the flu….
Nadika
I don’t think vit necessarily cause a weaker immune system… but the current treatments such as steroids are immunosuppressant , hence people who are on these treatments are more likely have a weaker immune system!
But in my case having a weaker immune system defiantly made vit worse :-(
I also wonder if anyone here is underweight ???!!!!
all i can say is this worries me alot ... are we more vulnerable to other diseases ?