How your IBS may be linked to your autoimmune disease Autoimmune disease is popping up doctors’ offices more often now than it ever has. Over the past 30 years alone, the rate of diagnosis of various autoimmune diseases has increased an average of 5.9% per year – it may not sound like much, but that is substantial. What has changed? There are a handful of theories, from lack of proper identification in the past, to new chemical exposures, changing genetics, the food supply e