Re: Anyone else get sick a lot (Cold and flu type not endo)?
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Wed Feb 8 18:21:04 2006
Wow, this red hair gene thing is scary. I had strawberry blonde hair
growing up and now I hide the strawberry with highlights! My great aunt
who more than likely had endo also had red in her hair!
I too, remember reading about the red hair connection in Mary Lou's
latest book.
Alexis
At Wed, 8 Feb 2006, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>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:
>>>
>>>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:
>>>>
>>>>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:
>>>>>
>>>>>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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