Perhaps Lupus, for example, may have other causes/treatments. (Lack of endogneous DHEA for example?) I am just saying that not only in my case, but in a 25 year practice of a world-renown rheumatologist, RA can be easily treated at very little cost.I was struck when my alternative doctor told me that he does not believe there is any such thing as an autoimmune disease, meaning a condition where t