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Hi, I read today that AS is common among Rh negative individuals,mainly O neg and A neg. I am A neg so this was very interesting to me. How many of you fellow ASers are Rh negative?Are you also B27 pos? I am.
Shauna
Off antibiotics and now exploring mindbody healing.
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Hey, I am an A- too. And also HLA B27 +. That is interesting, I would like to read that article, are you able to post a link to it? Thanks, Jilligan
"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit." Albert Schweitzer
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Off antibiotics and now exploring mindbody healing.
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AS Czar
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Hey, Shauna:
O+ and B27+ too!
TTFN, John
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A Pos and HLA B27+ Read somewhere that people with RA when they get HIV/AIDS find RA symptoms diminish - HIV greatly reduces CD4 T cells and these presumably drive RA. Wonder if this applies to AS as well. Not so sure about protection against HIV offered by being HLA B27+ Wouldn't like to test this theory, in any case many AS patients probably not up for much 'action' these days.
Cheers David
Dx Oct 2006 B27+ undifferentiated spondlyarthropathy (uSpA) with mild sebhorrhoeic dermatitis and mild Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) controlled by NSD since 2007.
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O Neg and B27 Neg over here...
MollyC1i - Riding OutAS
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Hmmm... interesting stuff but I'm not sure that I want to get HIV just to cure my RA...
Wendy
Rheumatoid Arthritis Methotrexate, Celebrex, Plaquenil
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Hi Shauna,
HLA B27 -ve
A2+
Louise
Louise Happy to be a physio by day, not happy to be a Spondy 24/7!
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