"The pattern is personal, but Jewish identity is not a diagnosis. It is a story of extraordinary endurance and continuity – as well as a reminder to take preemptive actions to protect our health."
My question is, what is the evolutionary advantage of having autoimmune issues? My theory is that it potentially helps in fighting diseases from the various environments we were forced into.
Also, it’s not necessarily just an Ashkenazi thing. My mother is Mizrahi and she passed her Hashimoto thyroiditis on me.
Two close cousins of my mother's have had ALS (f/k/a Lou Gehrig's disease) — I guess it goes to show that it's best not to ignore this type of occurrence, especially when patterns seem to emerge.
Thank you for your excellent article. I feel like you’ve left out the most interesting point. The increased immune response that might be responsible for Crohn’s disease would have conferred a benefit during the plague of the middle ages.
My question is, what is the evolutionary advantage of having autoimmune issues? My theory is that it potentially helps in fighting diseases from the various environments we were forced into.
Also, it’s not necessarily just an Ashkenazi thing. My mother is Mizrahi and she passed her Hashimoto thyroiditis on me.
Two close cousins of my mother's have had ALS (f/k/a Lou Gehrig's disease) — I guess it goes to show that it's best not to ignore this type of occurrence, especially when patterns seem to emerge.
Thank you for your excellent article. I feel like you’ve left out the most interesting point. The increased immune response that might be responsible for Crohn’s disease would have conferred a benefit during the plague of the middle ages.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/black-death-immunity-gene-crohns-disease-health