Thousands more UK women who are having children have been diagnosed with an autoimmune condition now compared to the beginning of the millennium.
In a paper published in Lancet Rheumatology today, researchers involved in the MuM-PreDiCT project run by the University of Birmingham and funded by the Medical Research Council have found that there has been increase by 4.7% in expectant mothers beginning pregnancy with autoimmune conditions.
Analysis of electronic healthcare records (CPRD) taken from 2000-2021 found that there was a rise in conditions diagnosed pre-pregnancy in women aged 15-49 including psoriasis, coeliac disease and type 1 diabetes mellitus as well as rarer conditions such as Grave’s disease and Hashimoto thyroiditis.
Dr. Megha Singh from the University of Birmingham and lead author of…