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"The only thing that all of the people with APS Type 1 have in common is the will to survive" -- Pablo Ramírez

 
September 2010
 
 
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Hello, I am wondering about my mom and my aunt. My aunt has many health issues but the one that stood out for me is she has Cyliac. This alone would be a done deal, but it's her connedtion with my mom that makes me wonder. My mom has been diagnosed with Auto-immune hep. and many more conditions which included hypothiroidism. She is 52 and has many spots over her body due to a failing liver, and I am very concerned. I saw a T.V. show that spoke of APS Tupe 1 and it triggered my questions. I con't find a list of symptoms on the internet so please let me know if this is something that we should look further into. 

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Posted by dr at Nov 18, 2009 08:30 PM
Celiac disease and autoimmune liver and thyroid diseases are most commonly a component of APS-2, not APS-1. Your mom should be checked for vitamin B 12 and iron levels since her chances of being deficient in one or both of these is quite high. It would be important since they are also easily treated. Now in respect to you, You should have thyroid antibody tests dome (thyroid peroxidase and thyroglobulin types), plus blood levels of TSH and free T4 since your chance of developing thyroid disease is quite high.
 
Kind regards,
Noel Maclaren MD