HealthQuiet 39d · day 39
Doctors in China diagnose woman with 4 autoimmune diseases at once
A 40-year-old patient already living with three autoimmune conditions was found to have a fourth after presenting with severe iron deficiency.
What to know
- A 40-year-old woman in China had three prior autoimmune diagnoses: ulcerative colitis, autoimmune hepatitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis.
- She presented with severe iron deficiency, leading doctors to identify a fourth autoimmune disease, autoimmune gastritis.
- The case was covered by ScienceAlert as an unusual medical report and circulated widely via Reddit and Mastodon reposts with little independent discussion.
“40-year-old woman in China was already diagnosed with 3 - ulcerative colitis, autoimmune hepatitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis. She presented with severe iron deficiency and was also found to have a 4th - autoimmune gastritis.”
mvea, Reddit poster · reddit · Aug 16
Unnamed 40-year-old woman Patient in case reportScienceAlert Publisher of the case report
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