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The Autoimmune Community Institute (501c3) is a community-centered autoimmune research and advocacy

09/25/2024

🌟 Join Our Autoimmune Warriors Support Group! 🌟

Are you living with an autoimmune condition? Do you sometimes feel like you’re facing it alone? EVERYONE is Invited, Join me and the Autoimmune Community Institute in our monthly support group where we come together to share our stories, support each other, and build a community of strength and understanding.

This is a safe space for everyone to Share personal experiences and stories, Offer and receive support, Learn from each other and Build lasting friendships 💯
🌟🌟Join, and be eligible for a FREE Tshirt of your choice🌟🌟

Remember, you are not alone in this journey. Together, we are stronger 💜💜💜

09/09/2024

My favorite cafe! .lajolla

08/04/2024

“It is estimated that 6% of American adults currently suffer from persistent symptoms that can linger for weeks to years after COVID-19 infection. Some studies suggest that viral persistence and immune dysregulation may be to blame. Peluso and co-authors carried out whole-body positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of 24 patients 27 to 910 days after COVID-19 infection using a radioactive tracer that specifically identifies activated CD8 and CD4 lymphocytes. Imaging identified persistent T cell activation in patients after COVID compared with prepandemic controls. Post-COVID inflammation was detected in many tissues, including the brainstem, spinal cord, bone marrow, lymphoid tissues, heart, lungs, and gut. Inflammation was even observed in patients who did not have persistent COVID symptoms. Patients with symptomatic Long Covid tended to have persistent inflammation in the spinal cord and intestinal wall; uptake in the lower lungs was only observed in patients with persistent pulmonary symptoms.”

05/31/2024

Today is World MS Day:

An early diagnosis is vital to enable early treatment with disease modifying therapies that can minimise relapses and reduce future disability. Diagnosis also allows for lifestyle changes to help manage MS and improve quality of life.

Every 5mins
Every 5 minutes, someone, somewhere in the world is diagnosed with MS.

30k children
MS affects children as well as adults, with at least 30,000 people under 18 living with MS.

2.8m people
There are more than 2.8 million people living with MS around the world.

Twice as many females
There are at least twice as many females (69%) with MS as there are males (31%).

05/26/2024

Risks to mental health at work incl.:
🔸under-use of skills
🔸excessive workloads
🔸unsafe working conditions
🔸limited support from colleagues
🔸harassment/bullying
🔸discrimination/exclusion
🔸unclear job role
🔸job insecurity
🔸inadequate pay
& more

05/26/2024

Join us on May 30 as we bring attention to MS awareness 🧡

05/23/2024

From our board member and support group host, 💜:

Good Morning Warriors,
Let’s unite for Lupus Awareness Month! 🐺🦋💜

Mark Your Calendar ✍🏾
Join me as I host the monthly Autoimmune Community Institute Lupus Support Meeting.
Attention Warriors, Supporters and Caregivers, **Everyone is Invited** ✨✨
Together, we can make a difference.

I offer a safe space where you can discuss your journey with other fellow warriors. Your story matters, and here, you’re never alone. 💜💜💜💜💜

*Zoom info is on the Flyer*

02/04/2024

“We saw that the various forms of debris from the destroyed virus can reassemble into these biologically active ‘zombie’ complexes,” Wong said. “It is interesting that the human peptide being imitated by the viral fragments has been implicated in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and lupus, and that different aspects of COVID-19 are reminiscent of these autoimmune conditions.”

02/04/2024

“Sometimes a single mutation in our genetic make-up is enough to cause disease. This is also the case with the autoimmune disease lupus. Lupus causes severe inflammation throughout the body and can have a serious impact on the lives of those affected. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin have now discovered a mechanism that can trigger lupus in children. This mechanism regulates the amount of a specific immune receptor that normally recognizes the genetic material of pathogens. If this mechanism is disrupted, receptors accumulate in the immune cells leading to the recognition of the body’s own genetic material. As a result, the immune system turns against its own body and causes the systemic inflammation of lupus. In collaboration with physicians from the Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, the researchers were able to identify a lupus patient in whom this mechanism is disrupted by a single mutation.”

https://www.mpg.de/21374791/lupus-trigger

01/21/2024

For people already living with autoimmune conditions, you don’t want COVID:

“Acute infections with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) cause a respiratory illness that can be associated with systemic immune cell activation and inflammation, widespread multiorgan dysfunction, and thrombosis. Not everyone fully recovers from COVID-19, leading to Long Covid, the treatment of which is a major unmet clinical need.”

01/20/2024

In 1 week, Join me and the Autoimmune Community Institute for our monthly Support Group... 🙌🏾

You all know the tragedy the family suffered this week and in our meeting we want to hear How you Grieve from the loss of a Loved one? How do you control your emotions to avoid a flare? What helps you get through the Pain.... Let’s Talk about it!!! 🗣️
Everyone is Invited..
Zoom information is on the flyer

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5663 Balboa Avenue #477
San Diego, CA
92111

Telephone

+16198809128

Website

http://acicommunity.org/

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