Comments on: 10 Little-Known Facts About Your Immune System

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By: InsureBlog

InsureBlog — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:03:38 +0000

Grand Rounds is up…

At Diabetes Mine, Amy Tenderich has some helpful, albeit little known, info on our immune system.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:08:54 +0000

Sure, your immune system is potent. That’s why it killed all your beta cells! HA! Too bad it’s not perfect. Oh, well, it’s better than coming down with a killer virus that sends you to an early grave, I guess.

By: Bernard Farrell

Bernard Farrell — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:00:40 +0000

Amy

Nice post. I’m sick of doctors saying “Well you got this flu/bronchitis/other crap because of your compromised immune system”. I think that if my control is good, then my immune system is working just fine.

By the way bad versions of those T cell lymphocytes are the things that Dr. Faustman believes are responsible for type 1 diabetes.

By: Sunil S Chiplunkar

Sunil S Chiplunkar — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:26:42 +0000

http://trusted.md/blog/vreni_gurd/2008/02/15/insulin_our_storage_hormone Check out the link given above, it gives a very interesting take on INSULIN. Read and enjoy it.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:28:10 +0000

Amy, this post was right up my alley. LOVED it! I also liked to see the “Scientific Match” website. I firmly believe that a major cause of infertility and miscarriages (after poor health) is an incompatibility with your partner. I don’t care if this is P.C. or not, it’s the truth.

IVF is used to override nature’s natural protection against creating unhealthy children, and it is going against natural selection. A smarter bet would be to at least try and mate with someone else. I personally would rather have a healthy attractive child on my own than a sick unhealthy deformed one with my partner. I love my husband, but that’s no reason for a kid or the gene pool to suffer.

Hmmm…I wonder how many of us Type 1’s have “genetically incompatible” parents? Ask your parents today if they married for reasons other than sexual chemistry…Wouldn’t it be interesring to see how many did NOT marry for “chemistry”? I know my parents did not.

Luckily, I LOOK healthy and fit, but my immune system is crap (allergies, anaphylaxis, asthma, T1DM, Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, Celiac Disease…)

By: Adam Becker Sr

Adam Becker Sr — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:35:18 +0000

So Amy, do we really need the fruit?

Is the watchword “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”? Or is it “my doctor says I’ll need 40 units of Lantus to cover that apple”?

I know the ADA wants all us diabetics to eat more bananas, but are you on board with that?

By: M

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:01:04 +0000

This topic has been calling my name lately too – I’ve become quite interested in the way the immune system works, thanks for sharing your info

Since a year or two before I was diagnosed with D I haven’t had a single cold or flu – other than my stuffed up pancreas I seem to be the healthiest person I know!

By: MarkH

MarkH — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:20:25 +0000

Amy,

Very interesting but how do we reduce stress?

We humans aren’t designed to operate under the constant stress that we experience daily.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:22:19 +0000

Since my diagnosis, my immune system has been really strong. Right now there are so many cold and flu viruses going around, and I haven’t been sick with one yet! And, I work at a university (talk about germs!).