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Old 04-16-2009, 04:54 PM #1
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Question If MS is an autoimmune disease...
...why isn't it treated by immunologists?

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...why isn't it treated by immunologists?

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I've wondered that myself.
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This is where a bunch of people will point out that it's THOUGHT that it is an autoimmune disease. It has an * by it.
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Don't know, but Myasthenia Gravis (I was dx'd MG in 2004) is definately an autoimmune, but is treated ny neuro's as well. Because the effects hit the neuro muscular junctions??????

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Dang!!! Good question, River.
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Good Question RW, debbie even asked me this one time too, i have wondered about this a few times
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...why isn't it treated by immunologists?

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Maybe because they aren't autoimmunologists?

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Maybe because they aren't autoimmunologists?


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I'm guessing it's because it affects the central nervous system. As my neuro said, it's a wacky territory of the human body.
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A MS neurologist should know a little about the immune system, a MS neurologist I thought about had done much research about AIDS, an autoimmune thing in the different direction. Maybe some immunologists don't know enough about CNS. I don't know
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