{"id":1944,"date":"2026-05-05T17:45:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T17:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/having-2nd-autoimmune-disease-does-not-speed-up-ms-progression-study\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T17:45:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T17:45:37","slug":"having-2nd-autoimmune-disease-does-not-speed-up-ms-progression-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/having-2nd-autoimmune-disease-does-not-speed-up-ms-progression-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Having 2nd autoimmune disease does not speed up MS progression: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/05\/05\/having-second-autoimmune-disease-doesnt-speed-ms-progression\/\" title=\"Having 2nd autoimmune disease does not speed up MS progression: Study\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/iStock-1449402295-800x533.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"A small sign with the words &quot;autoimmune disease&#039; rests upon a stethoscope.\" style=\"margin: auto;margin-bottom: 15px;max-width: 100%\" data-wp-pid=\"160764\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Having a second autoimmune disease does not accelerate disability progression in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a large single-center study. Among 1,230 MS patients followed over time, those living with an additional autoimmune condition that doesn&#8217;t affect the nervous system reached disability milestones at the same rate as those without one, even after [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/05\/05\/having-second-autoimmune-disease-doesnt-speed-ms-progression\/\">Having 2nd autoimmune disease does not speed up MS progression: Study<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\">Multiple Sclerosis News Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/05\/05\/having-second-autoimmune-disease-doesnt-speed-ms-progression\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having a second autoimmune disease does not accelerate disability progression in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a large single-center study. Among 1,230 MS patients followed over time, those living with an additional autoimmune condition that doesn&#8217;t affect the nervous system reached disability milestones at the same rate as those without one, even after&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11,15,9,8,13,14,12,10],"class_list":["post-1944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multiple-sclerosis-research","tag-brain-repair","tag-marburg-type-ms","tag-ms","tag-multiple-sclerosis","tag-myelin","tag-neuroregeneration","tag-oligodendrocyte","tag-remyelination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}