<story><title>Enemy within: gut bacteria drive autoimmune disease</title><url>https://news.yale.edu/2018/03/08/enemy-within-gut-bacteria-drive-autoimmune-disease</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kzrdude</author><text>I see a lot about autoimmune disease on Hacker News. I guess that it&amp;#x27;s a wide medical area, that many can relate to?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Daishiman</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s a set of conditions where most doctors&amp;#x27; best answers are &amp;quot;beats me&amp;quot;, where conditions are extremely variable from individual to individual, and where lifestyle changes can have drastic differences in outcome.&lt;p&gt;It is the ideal playground for the lifestyle hacker.</text></comment>
<story><title>Enemy within: gut bacteria drive autoimmune disease</title><url>https://news.yale.edu/2018/03/08/enemy-within-gut-bacteria-drive-autoimmune-disease</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kzrdude</author><text>I see a lot about autoimmune disease on Hacker News. I guess that it&amp;#x27;s a wide medical area, that many can relate to?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>scorpioxy</author><text>That and probably most people with autoimmune diseases have been surprised how little is known about these diseases. Just getting diagnosed with one often takes months if not years and multiple specialists all telling you that it&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;all in your head&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Also hearing that there&amp;#x27;s nothing that can be done except watch your body deteriorate is a slap in the face to any one. What you&amp;#x27;re left with is trying the &amp;quot;unconventional&amp;quot;.</text></comment>