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Suggest Permanent Treatment For Autoimmune Disease

Good evening doctor. i have been getting this sudden brown patches on my neck, and my face. when consulted a dermatologist, i was told that i am suffering from auto immune disease, and i have been on Azathioprine for 6months since. Was just trying to check if there is a permanent cure to this. Please help. thanking you in anticipation

Fri, 27 Mar 2015
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Hi, welcome to HCM,
Autoimmune diseases are refractory to treatment.
There are several newer modality of treatments including biologicals which lengthens the remission periods.
Hope this will help you.
thanks
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Suggest Permanent Treatment For Autoimmune Disease

Hi, welcome to HCM, Autoimmune diseases are refractory to treatment. There are several newer modality of treatments including biologicals which lengthens the remission periods. Hope this will help you. thanks