Autoimmune Diseases

Autoimmune diseases are disorders in which the body's immune system reacts against itself and produces antibodies to attack its own healthy cells and tissue.
Full article >>>

Autoimmune Diseases. People with many autoimmune diseases have a higher risk for hypothyroidism. Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes poses a higher risk and is a special problem since hypothyroidism can affect insulin requirements.
Full article >>>

Autoimmune Diseases Autoimmunity
Autoimmunity
Autoallergy, Self-Allergy
The condition in which antibodies are produced against the body's own tissues. An immune response to "self" tissues or components.
Full article >>>

Autoimmune diseases are more frequent in women than in men. It is felt that the estrogen of females may influence the immune system to predispose some women to autoimmune diseases.
Full article >>>

Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System - Disorders caused by cellular or humoral immune responses primarily directed towards nervous system autoantigens.
Full article >>>

Autoimmune Diseases
When the body's immune system functions properly, it creates protein-like substances called antibodies and immunoglobulins to protect the body against invading organisms.
Full article >>>

In autoimmune diseases, the body makes antibodies that work against its own cells or tissues. Rheumatic diseases (diseases that affect connective tissue, including the joints, bone, and muscle) are also associated with these antibodies.
Full article >>>

In autoimmune diseases the body perceives part of itself as being foreign and triggers an immune reaction whereby it attacks itself.
Full article >>>

Why autoimmune diseases occur still isn't well understood. But doctors believe that like many diseases, lupus results from a combination of factors, which may include heredity, environment and hormones.
Full article >>>

Most autoimmune diseases cannot be prevented. Though the mechanisms involved in how these diseases affect the body are known, it is still unclear why the body turns on itself.
Full article >>>

Vaccine for autoimmune diseases. A vaccine has been developed to "re-educate" a person's immune system and switch off the inflammatory processes that cause such diseases as rheumatoid arthritis.
Full article >>>

Many other conditions can cause positive screening test results, including illegal drug use (injectable drugs), recent vaccinations, pregnancy, endocarditis, autoimmune diseases (such as systemic lupus erythematosus), tuberculosis, mononucleosis, ...
Full article >>>

Autoimmune diseases that attack the bile ducts or liver cells
Severe reactions to prescription drugs
Prolonged exposure to environmental toxins
Infections from bacteria and parasites usually found in the tropics ...
Full article >>>

Many HLA molecules exist, but some are of special interest because they are more common in certain autoimmune diseases.
Full article >>>

The mechanism or cause of autoimmune diseases is not fully known, but many researchers suspect it occurs following infection with an organism that looks similar to particular proteins in the body, ...
Full article >>>

PREDNISONE - Drug used to treat a number of autoimmune diseases. Broken down by body into a product normally produced by the adrenal gland. Has broad immunosuppressive effects and is often used for management of organ transplant recipients.
Full article >>>

No medical problems, such as collagen vascular diseases (lupus), autoimmune diseases (rheumatoid arthritis), immunosuppressive diseases (AIDS), or pregnant or breastfeeding; no keloid formation during wound healing; ...
Full article >>>

find out why you are anemic
diagnose some forms of autoimmune diseases or cancers.
detect a problem such as hemochromatosis (a genetic disease that causes a dangerous buildup of iron in the body).
How do I prepare for this test?
Full article >>>

This disease is associated with other autoimmune diseases, including the following:
Thyroiditis
Type 1 diabetes
Ulcerative colitis
Hemolytic anemia
Proliferative glomerulonephritis ...
Full article >>>

Allergens (e.g., foods, pollens, pet dander, insect stings)
Autoimmune diseases
Infections
Irritants (e.g., cosmetics)
Other factors (e.g., extremes in temperatures, sunlight, tight-fitting clothing) ...
Full article >>>

Levy Y, Afek A, Sherer Y, et al.: Malignant thymoma associated with autoimmune diseases: a retrospective study and review of the literature. Semin Arthritis Rheum 28 (2): 73-9, 1998. [PUBMED Abstract] ...
Full article >>>

A substance that decreases immune responses in the body. It is used to treat some autoimmune diseases, and is being studied as a treatment for graft-versus-host disease. Hydroxychloroquine belongs to the family of drugs called antiprotozoals.
Full article >>>

HY-TEC automated diagnostic system Fully automated autoimmune system for diagnostic testing of allergy and autoimmune diseases; a total of 13 test kits are available. See PSL Group/Hy-Tec. Mfg: Hycor Biomedical Inc. Source: PSL Group - 1/8/97.
Full article >>>

SLE can affect the skin, heart, lungs, joints, kidneys, and even the brain. In addition to the many symptoms of SLE, patients may also suffer from other autoimmune diseases such as , Scleroderma, or .
Full article >>>

Some HLA antigens have been identified to be correlated with the presence of certain autoimmune diseases. One of these is the HLA-B27 site.
Full article >>>


'"/>