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.
Vitamin D deficiency has an important role in the development of cancer and several autoimmune diseases. It has also been found that environmental and hormonal factors, the fat-soluble vitamins such as vitamin D, may have a role in the pathogenic immunoregulatory process of primary SjÃ¶grenâs syndrome (Pss).