Lessons We Didn't Learn in Med School
Lessons We Didn't Learn in Med School uses the power of story telling and conversation to be the HEALING that is so needed in medicine. Join us, Drs. Beth Vukin and Kara Wada, two physicians turned patients, navigating our own chronic illness journeys.
We talk about the hard things and also the joyful things as well as the ridiculous. Along with our guests, we hope that having real talk about what it is like to be a patient as well as what it is like to be a medical professional, sheds light on things that are often in the dark. We celebrate science, resilience of the human spirit and the power of community.
"Lessons We Didn't Learn in Med School" isn't just a podcast; it's a rallying cry for patients and health professionals alike to reclaim their voices and demand a healthcare system that listens and partners with patients. Together, we seek to end the stigma and loneliness of illness, foster compassion and connection and offer knowledge with practical advice for those living with and caring for people with chronic illness.
Lessons We Didn't Learn in Med School
Episode 7. What is autoimmune disease?
Have you or someone you know been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease? What does that mean? How is it treated?
We often think about Rheumatoid Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis and Lupus as autoimmune diseases. Yet, there are many other very common diseases that are in fact, autoimmune diseases.
Celiac disease, Type 1 diabetes and Hashimoto's disease which is the number one cause of hypothyroid disease.
What do they all have in common? A misbehaving immune system. Join us as we walk you though autoimmune disease 101.