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redbucket75 t1_jdyt2iq wrote

It's hard for me to understand the importance of this correlation - it seems like having any chronic illness makes you more likely to have nearly any other chronic illness.

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Sly1969 t1_jdyz3vv wrote

They are all inflammatory / auto immune diseases. That's the link.

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Kael_Alduin t1_je14g8h wrote

Heeeey, have chronic, acute asthma for 37yrs now, have had osteoarthritis in my lumbar, and now I'm being screened for RA. ISNT THIS FUN!?

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