I started in 79 with alopecia universalis, wound up with NP, cervial disk disease, degenerative joint disease, arthrits. Yes, there is a connection according to mayo clinic. I try my best to eat healthy, sleep alot, or rest. I lost 65 pounds to take off the extra so my joints don't have all the extra pressure. I wish somebody would tell me how this all works, because I now have berretts esophogus, a pre-cancer in the throat. I now wonder if this is also connected to my immune problems too. I don't know what else I can do to try and help myself. I have 8 nodes in the thyroid, and cancer of the thyroid is in my family. I am pretty worried about all this. I would like to know if anyone else has multipal conditions concerned with the immune system. ginnie