Googling it, since the screenshot annoyingly doesn’t mention it, it’s autoimmune gastritis - which is relatively common and quite manageable, and typically does not affect life expectancy. He, of all people, will be fine.
I have autoimmune gastritis and it doesn't "eat you alive from the inside", what magnificent nonsense in that tweet, could not believe the misinformation. My stomach is fine, aside from not being able to absorb b12. The resulting deficiency causes primarily neurological and nerve symptoms. It's solved with regular b12 injections.
Of all the autoimmune conditions out there, it's one of the better ones to have.
I have it as well. Autoimmune presentations can vary wildly; mine can be very painful sometimes if I’m not careful with my diet, and I have precancerous tissue in my GI tract. However, to say that this condition is the stomach “eating itself” is so crazy. So much misinformation and fearmongering over what is not at all a terminal condition.
Yes, but the hyperbole is problematic because so many people are going to take it literally and misunderstand the condition. Sigh. I hope he’s more precise with his language about his condition in the future—he has a big platform and lots of people listening.
I get it, and if you want to be hyperbolic but more accurate you could say something like "My immune system is fire bombing my stomach acid factories"
Or even "My stomach lining is disappearing"
Completely agree. If I hadn’t known better (having the same condition myself), I’d have assumed based on the headline that his condition would quickly destroy his stomach and take away his ability to eat entirely.
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u/Kuzcopolis Jul 06 '26
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This may well have been one of his worst fears, and he hasn't done much harm, if any.