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Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency: Is it considered autoimmune?

Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Dec 8, 2023 | Replies (17)
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@sakota

Hi, I was diagnosed as a carrier of alpha 1. It is considered an autoimmune disease and it affects your lungs and your liver. I have copd but they say its not connected with alpha one but who knows.

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marty1996 | @marty1996 | Mar 13, 2020

Thank you.

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lindayoungquist | @lindayoungquist | Sep 26, 2021

A-1-Antitrpsin. Value 66mg and Z is none.

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dealeyplazamom | @dealeyplazamom | Aug 7, 2022

As a carrier, I’m not sure that COPD would be related, but COPD is absolutely related to AAT. Also, the Z phenotype is the worst of them. ZZ is the worst of them, then SZ, then MZ.

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meq | @meq | Apr 11, 2023

I was diagnosed as a ‘carrier’ when my child was born severely ill with liver disease and eventually diagnosed with A1ATD whilst we lived-in at The Royal Children's Hospital here in Australia…
He is in remission again, and since then I have shown to have A1ATD and go in and out of remission… at the moment I have liver disease and Emphysema, had Asthma since very young…
There are more questions than fixed answers, as individual as we are… I have found.
This is my first time in a conversation with anyone else with this disease.
So I am a little clumsy about it.
Stay as well as you can

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