LDN-A comprehensive list of Conditions that may benefit from LDN

Cardiac (heart) diseases

  • Autoimmune cardiomyopathy
  • Dressler’s syndrome
  • Kawasaki’s disease
  • Polyarteritis nodosa
  • Pyoderma gangrenosum
  • Subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE)

Chronic Pain

  • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome/RSD

Dermatologic (skin) diseases

  • Alopecia areata
  • Anti-synthetase syndrome
  • Atopic allergy
  • Atopic dermatitis
  • Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis
  • Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura
  • Autoimmune urticaria
  • Bechet’s syndrome
  • Blau syndrome
  • Bullous pemphigoid
  • Cicatricial pemphigoid
  • Cutaneous leukocytoclastic angiitis
  • Dego’s disease (thrombotic vasculopathy)
  • Dercum’s disease
  • Dermatitis herpetiformis
  • Dermatomyositis
  • Diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis
  • Discoid lupus erythematosus
  • Eczema
  • Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita
  • Erythema nodosum
  • Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia
  • Hailey – Hailey Disease
  • Henoch-Schonlein purpura
  • Herpes gestationis
  • Kawasaki’s disease
  • Lichen planus
  • Lichen sclerosus
  • Linear IgA disease
  • Majeed syndrome
  • Microscopic polyangiitis
  • Morphea Mucha-Habermann disease
  • Parry Romberg syndrome
  • Pemphigus vulgaris
  • POEMS syndrome
  • Psoriasis
  • Pyoderma gangrenosum
  • Schnitzler syndrome

Ears, Nose, Sinus, Throat

  • Autoimmune inner ear disease
  • Churg-Strauss syndrome
  • Cogan syndrome
  • Ménière’s disease
  • Susac’s syndrome

Endocrine diseases

  • Addison’s disease
  • Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome
  • Cushing’s syndrome
  • Diabetes mellitus type 1
  • Graves’ disease
  • Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
  • Hypoglycaemia
  • Hypopituitary or Secondary adrenal insufficiency
  • Hypothalamic Dysfunction
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Ord’s thyroiditis
  • POEMS syndrome
  • Schmidt syndrome
  • Thyroiditis

 

Gastrointestinal diseases

  • Autoimmune hepatitis
  • Autoimmune enteropathy
  • Autoimmune pancreatitis
  • Celiac disease
  • Churg-Strauss syndrome
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Eosinophilic gastroenteritis
  • Gastritis
  • Gastrointestinal pemphigoid
  • Lupoid hepatitis
  • Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
  • POEMS syndrome
  • Polyarteritis nodosa
  • Primary biliary cirrhosis
  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis
  • Pyoderma gangrenosum
  • Schnitzler syndrome
  • Ulcerative colitis

Hematologic/blood marrow disorders

  • Agammaglobulinemia
  • Antiphospholipid syndrome
  • Autoimmune aplastic anemia
  • Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
  • Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome
  • Castleman’s disease – lymph node hyperplasia
  • Cold agglutinin disease
  • Evan’s syndrome
  • Majeed syndrome
  • Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)
  • Pernicious anaemia
  • Pure red cell aplasia
  • Pyoderma gangrenosum

 

Hepatology (Liver)

  • Hepatitis C

Immunology

  • Common Variable Immunodeficiency
  • Epstein Barr Virus
  • Pernicious Anemia
  • Vitiligo

Infectious diseases

  • Complement component 2 deficiency – increase risk of infections
  • HIV
  • Hypogammaglobulinemia – leads to infections
  • Lyme Disease
  • PANDAS (Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with Streptococcal infections)
  • Sydenham chorea

Malignancies/cancers

  • Bladder Cancer
  • Breast Cancer
  • Carcinoid Colon & Rectal Cancer
  • Glioblastoma
  • Liver Cancer
  • Lung Cancer (Non-Small Cell)
  • Lymphocytic Leukemia (chronic)
  • Lymphoma (Hodgkin’s / Non-Hodgkin’s)
  • Malignant Melanoma
  • Multiple Myeloma
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Ovarian Cancer
  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • Prostate Cancer (untreated)
  • Renal Cell Carcinoma
  • Throat Cancer
  • Uterine Cancer

Neurologic diseases

  • Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
  • Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  • Anti-mag IgM peripheral neuropathy
  • Autoimmune peripheral neuropathy
  • Bickerstaff’s encephalitis
  • Charcot Marie Tooth syndrome
  • Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
  • Cranial arteritis
  • Guillain-Barré syndrome
  • Hashimoto’s encephalitis
  • Idiopathic inflammatory demyelination
  • Inflammatory demyelinating polyneuopathy
  • Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
  • Miller-Fisher syndrome
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
  • Myasthenia gravis
  • Neuromyelitis optica
  • Neuromyotonia
  • Opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome
  • PANDAS
  • Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Parry Romberg syndrome
  • Parsonage-Turner syndrome
  • Perivenous encephalomyelitis
  • POEMS syndrome
  • Polyarteritis nodosa
  • Progressive inflammatory neuropathy
  • Rasmussen’s encephalitis
  • Restless leg syndrome
  • Stiff person syndrome
  • Susac’s syndrome
  • Sydenham chorea
  • Tolosa-Hunt syndrome
  • Transverse myelitis

Ocular (eye) diseases

  • Autoimmune uveitis
  • Balo disease/Balo concentric sclerosis
  • Blau syndrome
  • Cogan syndrome
  • Kawasaki’s disease
  • Miller-Fisher syndrome
  • Neuromyelitis optica
  • Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid
  • Opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome
  • Parry Romberg syndrome
  • Pars planitis
  • POEMS syndrome
  • Scleritis
  • Susac’s syndrome
  • Sweet’s syndrome
  • Sympathetic ophthalmia
  • Tolosa-Hunt syndrome
  • Vasculitis vitiligo

Psychological disorders

  • Anxiety
  • Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder (but not DID)
  • General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Panic Disorder
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
  • Social Phobia
  • Trichotillomania
  • Depression
  • Dissociative Disorder
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder

 

 

 

Pulmonary (lung) diseases

  • Anti-synthetase syndrome
  • Asthma Churg-Strauss syndrome
  • Emphysema
  • Fibrosing alveolitis
  • Goodpasture’s syndrome
  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  • POEMS syndrome
  • Pyoderma gangrenosum
  • Sarcoidosis

Renal (kidney) and urologic diseases

  • Anti-GBM/TBM Nephritis
  • Autoimmune Renal Neuropathy
  • Berger’s disease – IgA nephropathy
  • Glomerulonephritis
  • Goodpasture’s syndrome
  • IgA nephropathy
  • Interstitial cystitis
  • Microscopic polyangiitis
  • Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
  • POEMS syndrome

Rheumatologic (arthritis and autoimmune)

  • Ankylosing spondylitis
  • Anti-synthetase syndrome
  • Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
  • Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis
  • Complement component 2 deficiency
  • CREST syndrome
  • Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
  • Enthesitis-related arthritis
  • Eosinophilic fasciitis
  • Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Inclusion body myositis
  • Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
  • Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
  • Lupus erythematosus
  • Majeed syndrome
  • Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
  • Morphea Myositis
  • Palindromic rheumatism
  • Polymyalgia rheumatica
  • Polymyositis
  • Psoriatic arthritis
  • Raynaud phenomenon
  • Reiter’s syndrome
  • Relapsing polychondritis
  • Retroperitoneal fibrosis
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Rheumatoid fever
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Schnitzler syndrome
  • Scleroderma
  • Sjögren’s syndrome
  • Spondylitis
  • Spondyloarthropathy
  • Undifferentiated connective tissue disease
  • Undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy

Vasculitis

  • Blau syndrome
  • Churg-Strauss syndrome
  • Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia
  • Giant cell arteritis
  • Kawasaki’s disease
  • Leukocytoclastic vasculitis
  • Polyarteritis nodosa
  • Takayasu’s arteritis
  • Temporal arteritis

Women’s Health

  • Infertility
  • polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)