Licorice that has the active ingredient of glycyrrhiza can have serious side effects. Another type of licorice, called DGL or deglycyrrhizinated licorice, doesn't seem to have the same side effects and is sometimes used to treat peptic ulcers, canker sores, and reflux (GERD).
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) can be associated with systemic or autoimmune diseases. Vasculitides (leucocytoclastic, periarteritis nodosa, micropolyangeitis, Wegener's granulomatosis), relapsing polychondritis, and Sweet's syndrome are the most commonly reported.
The results raise the possibility that Parkinsonâs is partly an autoimmune disease, Dr. Sulzer says, but more research is needed to confirm the idea.This is a new, and likely controversial, idea in Parkinsonâs disease.â. The new hypothesis about Parkinsonâs emerges from other findings in the study that overturn a deep-seated assumption about neurons and the immune system.