For Autoimmune Disease we have terms and definitions in 13 topics. The topics are Anti-Aging, Breast Implants, Cancer, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Diabetes, Female Health, HIV and AIDs, Lymphoma, Medical, Multiple Sclerosis, Veterinary, Women's Health and Womens Health.

Autoimmune Disease (Anti-Aging)

is a type of illness that occurs when the body tissues are attacked by its own immune system. People suffering from autoimmune diseases tend to have unusual antibodies circulating in their blood that target their own body tissues. Autoimmune diseases are more common in women than in men. Examples of autoimmune diseases include systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus), rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, juvenile (type 1) diabetes, Addison disease, vitiligo, pernicious anemia, glomerulonephritis, and pulmonary fibrosis.

Autoimmune Disease (Breast Implants)

Occurs when a specific adaptive immune response is mounted against the self. It is not known what triggers the autoimmune response, but susceptibility to most autoimmune diseases shows a significant genetic component. Environmental factors such as infection or diet are likely to play a role in pathogenesis.

Autoimmune Disease (Cancer)

A condition in which the body recognizes its own tissues as foreign and directs an immune response against them.

Autoimmune Disease (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)

Disorders in which the body mounts a destructive immune response against its own tissues.

Autoimmune Disease (Diabetes)

Disorder of the body's immune system in which the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys body tissue that it believes to be foreign. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease because the immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing beta cells.

Autoimmune Disease (Female Health)

A disease in which the immune system attacks healthy tissues, leading to inflammation, pain and sometimes organ damage. Lupus, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, Sjögren's syndrome and insulin-dependent diabetes are examples of autoimmune diseases.

Autoimmune Disease (HIV and AIDs)

An ailment caused by an IMMUNE RESPONSE against an individual's own tissues or cells.

Autoimmune Disease (Lymphoma)

A condition in which the body recognizes its own tissues as foreign and directs an immune response against them.

Autoimmune Disease (Medical)

A disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks itself

Autoimmune Disease (Multiple Sclerosis)

A process in which the body’s immune system causes illness by mistakenly attacking healthy cells, organs, or tissues in the body that are essential for good health. Multiple sclerosis is believed to be an autoimmune disease, along with systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, and many others. The precise origin and pathophysiologic processes of these diseases are unknown.

Autoimmune Disease (Veterinary)

Failure of the immune system to differentiate the body’s own cells from foreign substances, triggering an inflammatory response against self. This can be in the form of a very specific immune attack, such as the destruction of pancreatic islet cells resulting in diabetes mellitus, or a broad immunologic injury such as lupus.

Autoimmune Disease (Women's Health)

Disease caused by an immune response against foreign substances in the tissues of one's own body.

Autoimmune Disease (Womens Health)

Disease caused by an immune response against foreign substances in the tissues of one's own body.

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