I personally spoke with Allan Linneberg and other allergists in Mexico after my situation happened and they ALL came to the conclusion that allergen-specific immunotherapy can induce autoimmune diseases (it is rare but it can occur).

With a prior evaluation (review the history, autoantibodies, etc., a situation like mine can be avoided)

Since the 80s, this situation began to be seen in various parts of the world. In 1989, the recommendation was made to evaluate people in terms of risk of self-immunity before starting SIT. My situation developed in 2002.

The negligence comes from the treatment of me (I was a 13-year-old boy) and my mother. This doctor never wanted to publish my case in the literature and I consider that an event like mine should be published.

His words were "if you are so interested, publish it yourself", and well here I am sharing my experience.

Those "individual cases" at the end of all are lives, lives that, like me, I know suffer.

Published cases indicate an overestimation of the true incidence of development of autoimmune diseases in people receiving SIT

I invite you to search forums for various autoimmune diseases and you will be able to find several stories like mine.

I only hope that this situation is not repeated and the doctors in charge of carrying out these treatments have a little caution, given the "delicate" nature of the subject in Linneberg's own words.