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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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@meq

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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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Apr 12, 2023

Welcome @meq, I'm happy to see that you have connected with @sakota. You are right about there being more questions than answers for each of us no matter the health condition. I posted a link to the Alpha-1 Foundation that you may find helpful if you haven't already seen it.

--- Alpha-1 Foundation: https://www.alpha1.org/

I'm sure others may also have questions. Are you able to share some of the questions you have?

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radiya | @radiya | Dec 8, 2023

@meq I have the same story! This thread has been so great to find. my daughter is ZZ, and my other daughter, myself, dad are MZ. His mom his severely COPD, assuming she is MZ, ZZ, or MM but her doctor got false negative and apparently doesnt understand genetics. I am running my own labs for EBV and for Lupus APLs bc I have plumetting oxygen, splitting fingers, rashes, chest pain when I get COVID-like infections 6 times now (not always testing positive). I suspect EBV or CMV reactivation. COVID has hit the kids and I hard. The medical system has truly failed my case, I am a clinician (acupuncture/herbs/functional med/nutrition) myself, so I keep researching figuring out my own case to survive. It manifests for me as no lung distress, just plumeting O2 sat. Wondering if others have experienced this too?

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