CVID is Common Variable Immune Deficiency, I
have it, and it tends to play one of my life's defining roles, along with my
faith, kitchen time, and other more private pieces.
Here's a quick introduction to CVID:
Here's a quick introduction to CVID:
'One person out of
fifty-thousand has it. It's rare. For comparison, one in thirty-one-thousand
has cystic fibrosis, one in seven-hundred has multiple sclerosis, and seven in
one-hundred have diabetes. It's probably congenital, though symptoms tend to first
appear in adolescence and early adulthood rather than at birth. It affects the
B-cells and to a lesser extent T-cells, and makes the body unable to create
certain antibodies (IgGs) against capsular bacteria and certain other
microorganisms. People with CVID get lots of chronic and severe respiratory
infections, and tend to get joint pain, digestive problems, and debilitating
fatigue. Many vaccines, including the pneumonia shot, fail to produce any
antibody response: they don't work for people with CVID.'
From a well written
and accurate rant by Z.A. MacCallum
