Autoimmune disorders

Autoimmune disorders
Definition
Autoimmune disorders are conditions in which a person's immune system attacks the body's own cells, causing tissue destruction.
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Autoimmune disorders
Definition:
Autoimmune disorders are conditions caused by an immune response against the body's own tissues.
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Autoimmune disorders result in destruction of one or more types of body tissues, abnormal growth of an organ, or changes in organ function. The disorder may affect only one organ or tissue type or may affect multiple organs and tissues.
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Some autoimmune disorders, such as psoriasis, run in families and may have a genetic component. Although no one knows for sure what causes an autoimmune response, some triggers have been identified.
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Autoimmune disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis or ankylosing spondylitis
Inflammatory disorders, such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis
Infections such as syphilis, toxoplasmosis or tuberculosis
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autoimmune disorders such as systemic lupus erythematous (SLE, or lupus), rheumatoid arthritis, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, or ulcerative colitis
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What are the symptoms of hemolytic anemia?
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Autoimmune disorders, in which cells from the immune system attack certain tissues and/or organs, are one possible cause of liver disease. This group of tests assists your health care provider in the diagnosis of liver disease (see hepatitis).
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CAUSES"Autoimmune disorders can result from conditions ranging from rheumatoid arthritis to kidney disease. Unrelenting stress, chronic allergies, chronic infections can exhaust the immune system.
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Several autoimmune disorders also can affect the body's ability to produce tears, including Sjgren's syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis and myasthenia gravis, as well as other conditions such as Bell's palsy and thyroid dysfunction.
Symptoms ...
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Neil Williams and colleagues from the University of Bristol have been looking at using vaccines to treat autoimmune disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis.
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Chronic GVHD typically occurs 2-3 months after the transplant and causes symptoms similar to those of autoimmune disorders such as lupus and scleroderma. Patients develop a dry, itchy rash which is raised and like alligator skin.
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This test is performed to confirm the cause of thyroid problems or other autoimmune disorders. The body produces microsomal antibodies in response to microsomes escaping from damaged thyroid cells.
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Children with acquired hypothyroidism may have other autoimmune disorders including diabetes mellitus and both are more common in children with Down's syndrome or Turner's syndrome. It's more common in girls than in boys.
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siplizumab (previously MEDI-507) Investigational humanized anti-T cell monoclonal antibody with potential applications for treating transplant rejection, graft-versus-host disease, and autoimmune disorders such as psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, ...
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For example, about 98 percent of people with lupus have a positive ANA test, but of all the people who test positive, only 10 percent have lupus. Also, lupus has many symptoms in common with other autoimmune disorders including rheumatoid arthritis ...
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Researchers have now discovered the abnormal gene responsible for the inherited form. More often, however, classic distal RTA is a complication of diseases that affect many organ systems (systemic diseases), like the autoimmune disorders Sjgren's ...
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