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Re: Anyone else get sick a lot (Cold and flu type not endo)?
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Wed Feb 8 18:07:12 2006
My mom has red hair also and so do 4 of her sisters. Two of them have
endo one without red hair. I have some red in my hair but it is mostly
brown. My sister also has brown hair and we believe she has endo also,
but hasn't had a lap to confirm.
At Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Georgie wrote:
>
>Yeah, the book mentioned in some earlier posts (Endometriosis, the
>complete reference for taking charge of your health - fabulous book by
>the way, all endo girls should read/have one, but I digress) highlights
>the immune disorder issue. It seems that not only do we have to put up
>with all the direct endo stuff (such as PAIN) but we are also way more
>likely to suffer from all kinds of allergies, other autoimmune diseases
>(such as lupus, Crohns etc) and to get certain kinds of cancers
>(non-Hodgkins lymphoma, melanoma . . .) than the general population.
>Since these are all related to our immune systems in some way I don't
>know why it isn't more commonly recognised that Endo and immune function
>is linked. Bummer really, isn't it?
>
>Oh, and there also seems to be a link with the red hair gene as well, as
>red heads are more likely to have endo than others. Stink, my mum has
>red hair (no endo), but I think my paternal grandmother might have had
>it also, and there is red hair on her side way back too.
>
>At Wed, 8 Feb 2006, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>Endometriosis is not just gynecologically related. Many
>>doctors/researches believe that it is an autoimmune disorder - when you
>>really think about it, it makes sense that a lot of us are sick quite
>>frequently. L(
>>
>>Alexis.
>>At Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Alyson wrote:
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>>>I think endo can certainly have an effect on the rest of your health, if
>>>for no other reason than having to deal with the chronic pain and stress
>>>of it all. When you are stressed, hurting all the time, not sleeping
>>>and eating well I think your body becomes less able to fight things off.
>>>I think there is also a real chance that women with endo can be less
>>>healthy and more likely to have other immune related issues contributing
>>>to how they are feeling. I am seeing an allergist/immunologist right
>>>now to see what else is going on with my body. Like you, I seem to
>>>always have a cold or sinus infection or something....hopefully this guy
>>>can tell me what's up!
>>>Alyson
>>>
>>>At Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Tracie wrote:
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>>>>I seem to get anything I come in contact with and was wondering if this
>>>>is a side effect from my immune system being weakened from endo. I have
>>>>always been sickly. I thought that maybe changing my diet, quiting
>>>>smoking, taking suppliments, that this would help, but it seems to have
>>>>done nothing. Right now I have some wierd thing going on that they
>>>>orginally thought was strep(I had a postive rapid strep) but now they
>>>>think it might be viral because it is not responsding to antibiotics. I
>>>>have been sick for almost 2 weeks, have huge ulcers on my soft pallet
>>>>right in front of my tonsils have had a low grade fever of 99.1 to 99.8,
>>>>nausea, lack of appetite. Seems like I am always getting the weird
>>>>stuff they can figure out and just end up saying it is viral. I am so
>>>>sick of being sick, if it's not the endo, it's a virus or allergies.
>>>>
>>>>Just wanted to know if I am the only one or is this could be endo
>>>>related.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
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