Autoimmune diseases occur more often in women than men

Discriminatory Disease MS Discovery Forum

Numbers at the top of the columns = number of cases (x 1,000,000) in the US.

• “The sex disparity in MS mirrors that seen in many autoimmune disorders. “
• “For example – 80% female
  autoimmune thyroiditis,
  systemic lupus erythematosus, and
  Sjögren’s syndrome
• Overall, nearly 80% of autoimmune diseases disproportionately affect women (Gleicher and Barad, 2007).
• “Scientists have explained this trend by pointing out that female sex hormones stimulate inflammatory pathways, which can exacerbate autoimmune conditions.”

Note: apprently there is a big reduction during pregnancy - the pregnant body is very careful to not reject the fetus
There is, for example, less MS while pregnant and breastfeeding

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Why Women Get More AutoImmune Diseases Aug 2015

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See also Vitamin D Life

Dr. Coimbra - very high dose Vitamin D for most autoimmune diseases

• Interview of Dr. Coimbra - Vitamin D protocol for Autoimmune diseases – 2016
• Vitamin D has treated Multiple Sclerosis and autoimmune diseases for 16 years – Coimbra April 2018

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• 120 doctors and 20,000 MS patients using high dose Vitamin D Dec 2018
• Vitamin D has treated Multiple Sclerosis and autoimmune diseases for 16 years – Coimbra April 2018
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• Many autoimmune diseases associated with low vitamin D or poor Vit D genes – July 2019