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This article provides a list of autoimmune diseases. These conditions, where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own cells, affect a range of organs and systems within the body. Each disorder is listed with the primary organ or body part that it affects and the associated autoantibodies that are typically found in people diagnosed ...
This leads to the organ-specific damage typical of autoimmune disease. [19] Molecular mimicry may be particularly relevant to the tolerance breakdown linked to autoimmune neuropathies. The process known as " molecular mimicry " occurs when an infectious organism that shares epitopes from its host's afflicted tissue triggers an immune response ...
Schilder disease or diffuse myelinoclastic sclerosis: is a rare disease that presents clinically as a pseudotumoural demyelinating lesion; and is more common in children. [56] [57] Solitary sclerosis: This variant was proposed (2012) by Mayo Clinic researchers. [58] though it was also reported by other groups more or less at the same time.
A wide range of symptoms can indicate if a person has polymyalgia rheumatica. The classic symptoms include: [2] [11] Pain and stiffness (moderate to severe) in the neck, shoulders, upper arms, thighs, and hips, which inhibits activity, especially in the morning, but which usually persists to some degree throughout the day.
Based on symptoms after ruling out other potential causes [4] [5] Differential diagnosis: Anemia, autoimmune disorders (such as ankylosing spondylitis, polymyalgia rheumatica, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, or multiple sclerosis), Lyme disease, osteoarthritis, thyroid disease [6] [7] Treatment: Sufficient sleep and exercise [5] Medication
Myositis (inflammation of the muscle) can be caused secondary to a number of primary diseases including: infection, muscle trauma, medications and toxins, inherited muscle diseases, and autoimmune disease such as lupus. Other autoimmune diseases can mimic the symptoms of IMM (muscle weakness and autoantibodies), including Lambert–Eaton ...
Autoimmune GFAP Astrocytopathy is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system of the patient attacks a protein of the nervous system called glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP). It was described in 2016 by researchers of the Mayo Clinic in the United States.
Autoimmune diseases, in which the immune system attacks and damages parts of the body, including the nerves. Examples include Sjögren syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis and celiac disease. Guillain–Barré syndrome is an autoimmune disease that happens rapidly and can affect autonomic nerves.