More anecdotes, I was diagnosed with debilitating pulmonary sarcoidosis several years back and after 8 months of steroids and pain killers wrecking my stomach I found some research on the 'immuno-modulating' effects of some broad spectrum antibiotics, with minocycline in particular being successfully used as therapy. I printed out some pubmed articles and convinced my pulmonologist that it was a relatively low risk thing to try because I was hating the standard by-the-book therapy. Within a few days I was feeling better and after a couple weeks started waning down, so just about a month total to remission. I've only had the feeling of flare-ups returning a few times since after drinking or being stressed out.
I have no doubt antibiotic therapy helped me. There are so many biological pathways with everyone being different so for at least some people, bacterial problems upstream could be the initial conditions that put your system into chaos downstream.
A lot of autoimmune diseases are just fancy words for 'unexplained inflammation' and doctors (who are trying their best), use a differential diagnostic funnel based on what's likely and what's worked as treatment for others. But if the standard treatments aren't working for you, do your own research and ask your doctor to try something else.
I have no doubt antibiotic therapy helped me. There are so many biological pathways with everyone being different so for at least some people, bacterial problems upstream could be the initial conditions that put your system into chaos downstream.
A lot of autoimmune diseases are just fancy words for 'unexplained inflammation' and doctors (who are trying their best), use a differential diagnostic funnel based on what's likely and what's worked as treatment for others. But if the standard treatments aren't working for you, do your own research and ask your doctor to try something else.