Auto-immune?

[chellyvillen 21]

I had surgery about 8-9 months ago, and have all the markers for rheumatoid arthritis (all the blood tests, I haven't seen a rheumatologist yet). I've been trying to see if there is a connection to my sleeve surgery and found a couple papers saying that some people have developed auto-immune diseases around 11 months after surgery, but correlation is not causation. Did anyone have to deal with this, did it lessen after your weight settled?

[KateBruin 344]

I have ankylosing spondylitis (kind of like RA without RF), hashimotos and popcorn lung. However, I had it all diagnosed prior to surgery so it definitely wasn’t connected. Maybe doctors assumed symptoms were related to weight so you didn’t get the diagnosis until later?