What are the most common reasons for deciding to have immune testing/see a reproductive immune specialist?
I think they are often: repeat miscarriage/early pg loss/chemical pgs could be due to many explainable reasons that a reproductive immunologist can help pinpoint and treat late miscarriage/stillbirth – of a karyotype normal fetus without any physical explanation could be due to many explainable reasons that a reproductive immunologist can help pinpoint and treat repeat IVF failure could be due to many explainable reasons that a reproductive immunologist can help pinpoint and treat history of autoimmune disease in you or your genetic family – e.g., rheumatoid athritis, Crohn’s, coeliac, ulcerative colitis, multiple sclerosis, sarcoidosis, diabetes, lupus, thryoid disease (e.g., Hashimoto’s – Dr Sher estimates that 50% of ladies with Hashimoto’s have severely elevated natural killer cell activity), fibromyalgia, CFS, endometriosis (some docs believe this has an autoimmune cause) increases the risk that you will have autoimmune reasons for not getting/staying pregnant e.g., high TNFa hist
