Hi I am a 30 year old man with Rh O Negative blood, was wondering if any other people on here suffer from auto-immune diseases, my story begins at 12 years old when I was diagnosed with HSP (Henoch Schonlein Purpura), HSP is a rare auto-immune disease that makes my immune system attack my own body, I had a few flare ups of this through the years which has now resulted in me developing IGA Nephropathy (Chronic Kidney Disease) as my immune system has attacked my kidneys and left me with 25% kidney function, I now attend a renal clinic and have been tested for Lupus which came back positive but the doc says this can sometimes happen and I don't in fact have Lupus. This led me to the following link which I found very interesting:
http://www.steadyhealth.com/topics/lupus-and-rh-negative?page=1
After visiting the above link and posting a few times on there I am now convinced there is some sort of link with Rh negative and all auto-immune diseases, I would be interested in anyone else's knowledge on this and to know if anyone else suffers from an auto-immune disease? What blood type and condition you have? I have tried mentioning this to a number of doctors at various visits to my renal clinic and they don't seem to want to discuss it, I find this really strange as there seems to be some kind of link and I can't help but think they know this but won't entertain any type of discussion with me on the matter. Any response to this thread is much appreciated.