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Siobhan Justin's avatar

I developed autoimmunity after natural infection.

In 1985, after experiencing a particularly severe strep throat infection,approximately three weeks later,I developed Guttate Psoriasis, which the Dermatologist referred to as "a post-streptococcal rash" The rash was extensive, covering around 90% of my body and lasted approximately 3 months, being treated with topical cortisone for the entire time.

Fast forward to January 2018, and again I developed Guttate Psoriasis three weeks after experiencing a relatively mild common cold. This time I did not suppress the rash with cortisone, and instead exposed my skin to sunlight. The rash resolved in about 10 and 1/2 months.

Fast forward again to January 2022, and I again developed a common cold. No rash yet, and hopefully the protocols I used to treat the cold this time, will prevent the provocation of my immune system into autoimmunity.

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James Lyons-Weiler's avatar

Pathogenic Priming is a general category; it is sensitization of people (or animals) to illness of any kind due to an exposure to pathogenic proteins (or parts of proteins), which then manifests upon a second exposure to the same or similar protein or protein part at a later time. ADE is a specific type of PP that involves antibodies making an infection worse by making cell entry easier. PP can involve autoimmunity; ADE does not.

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