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Can Allergy Immunotherepy Cause Autoimmune Disease

Can those allergy shots where they inject you repeatedly with what you are allergic to give you autoimmune disease? Do they ever warn about this or screen people for autoimmune disease before giving these shots?
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I develop Polychondritis during the use of Allergy Shots or (Allergen Specific Immunotherapy) when I was 13 years old and RP often appears around 40s, exist many cases of people who have develop autoimune diseases during the use of AIT. My allergologist never take pracautions.

Look at this.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22914311

Carlos roman
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I develop Polychondritis during the use of Allergy Shots or (Allergen Specific Immunotherapy) when I was 13 years old and RP often appears around 40s, exist many cases of people who have develop autoimune diseases during the use of AIT. My allergologist never take pracautions.

Look at this.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22914311

Carlos roman
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