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ashkestar t1_isu133n wrote

Reply to comment by Dawrin in Severe COVID-19 may increase the risk for schizophrenia by chrisdh79

To be fair, autoimmune diseases have upticks after pretty much any widespread viral illness. It’s something we’ve known about, but now we’re seeing it on a new scale because so many people have been infected with this one.

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CornishCucumber t1_isv2dw3 wrote

I had Graves disease - a thyroid autoimmune disease almost immediately after the pandemic hit. Perfectly healthy, no history of it in my family, then boom - 3 years of my life effectively ruined. I don't think it's a coincidence at all.

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jpk073 t1_it3iusi wrote

I have Graves too but I got it pre-pandemic. Was perfectly healthy and boom here we go. I think I had a weird virus first, flu-like symptoms but not the flu.

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CornishCucumber t1_it3k9yx wrote

Now you mention it... Exactly the same as me. In the UK - had some kind of flu about 2 months before the pandemic. I had flu like symptoms around the Christmas time (November I think). Diagnosed with Graves 2 months later.

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MovingClocks t1_isu314x wrote

It helps that this is a superantigen that bears similarity to more than a few proteins in the body.

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