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Permalink Reply by Jennifer on December 9, 2011 at 11:13pm

Yep, me too! I have had a few more colds than you but they last a very short time and I never get bronchitis or pneumonia....very interesting!

Permalink Reply by Laura Adams on December 10, 2011 at 2:47am

cool, thanks for contributing that info, Jennifer :)

Permalink Reply by Luciana Lépore on December 10, 2011 at 6:30am

well, I open a fridge and get a cold
I have astma and allegie to dust
my immune system sucks, but that is just me...

Permalink Reply by Laura Adams on December 10, 2011 at 11:47am

Sorry to hear that. I do have asthma since since three years before i lost hair (but Advair is a Godsend)and chronic allergies since childhood as far as I'm constantly blowing my nose and having to clear my throat. Darn mucus. Claratin is helpful.

Permalink Reply by Bob T on December 10, 2011 at 8:24am

I am similar to you. Have AU and very rarely get sick. In my 24 years at work, I have never missed a day due to sickness. I asked my dermatologist if people with alopecia tend to have stronger immune systems but she said no. However, based on my experience, I think there could be a correlation.

Permalink Reply by Deana DG on December 10, 2011 at 9:57am

I believe if you have no other autoimmune diseases or allergies, yes, your immune system is like a super immune system. That's how I was when I was young and first had AU. Unfortunately know that I am older and have other allergies I feel my immune system is weakening. Although I don't always catch what everyone around me has, when I do get sick it takes forever for me to shake it. In the winter I tend to get a cold in late fall and it tends to stay till after the new year. I think a big part of it for me is diet. I think my immune system gets strong when I don't compromise it by eating sugar or gluten. As a child my mother was told to keep me off those foods, then I was told it my help my AU so I was all for it as an adult it has been so much harder to say no to those foods. Also as a child I was told I had a high amount of yeast in my body so that also could be my contributed to a weak immune system. I am hoping with reevaluating my diet, and taking these foods out again will boost my immune system to what it was when I was first diagnosed with AU

Permalink Reply by Laura Adams on December 10, 2011 at 1:08pm

I hope so. i was tested twice for Celiac disease myself because I cannot gain weight.

Permalink Reply by rosamosqueta on December 10, 2011 at 10:39am

I also have very few colds, but by the other hand, I have allergies, like rhinitis and skin allergies(they were previous to AU), and I also keep off sugar and gluten (like Deana) . But I think that I´m healthier since AU. Besides, my view of life changed completely (I do more exercise, I eat healthy food and I´m finally more optimist) I think all these facts help my immune system.

Permalink Reply by Laura Adams on December 10, 2011 at 1:09pm

Thanks for the info and glad you were in the long run helped more than hindered by your AU. :)

Permalink Reply by Laura Downing on December 10, 2011 at 8:16pm

I have AU and I've noticed that too. I'll get a head cold every once in a while but not very often. Although I too have allergies (dust mites, mold). I have heard that people with allergies have a higher likelihood of developing alopecia but have never heard anything about it correlating to colds.

Permalink Reply by Laura Adams on December 11, 2011 at 10:40pm

Interesting, Laura. I also had allergies since my youth, by ten had severe hayfever which would trigger asthma attacks that Started about five years before the AU

Permalink Reply by Laura Adams on December 11, 2011 at 10:56pm

Yes dust and mold, fresh cut grass, certain plants blooming will set off my sinuses

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