List of Autoimmune Diseases
List of Autoimmune Diseases
List of Autoimmune Diseases
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40 Suspected
Autoimmune
Diseases
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Microscopic
Agammaglobulinemia Cold Polyangiitis Rasmussen's
Agglutinin Encephalitis
Disease
Autoimmune Narcolepsy
Hemolytic Anemia Relapsing
Dermatitis Polychondritis
Herpetiformis Opsoclonus
Autoimmune Myoclonus
Lymphoproliferative Syndrome Retroperitoneal
Syndrome Dressler's Fibrosis
Syndrome
Palindromic
Autoimmune Rheumatism Sarcoidosis
Peripheral Endometriosis
Neuropathy
Paraneoplastic Spondyloarthropathy
Eosinophilic Cerebellar
Autoimmune Gastroenteritis Degeneration
Pancreatitis Subacute
Bacterial
Erythroblastosis Paroxysmal Endocarditis
Autoimmune Fetalis Nocturnal
Polyendocrine Hemoglobinuria
Syndrome Susac's
Evan's Syndrome
Syndrome POEMS Syndrome
Blau Syndrome
Sweet's
Fibrosing Polyarteritis Syndrome
Castleman's Alveolitis Nodosa
Disease
Sympathetic
Hidradenitis Pyoderma Ophthalmia
Chronic Suppurativa Gangrenosum
Inflammatory
Demyelinating
Polyneuropathy
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Addison's Disease -
Addison's disease is a disorder involving disrupted functioning of the part of the adrenal gland called the cortex. This results in decreased production of two
important chemicals (hormones) normally released by the adrenal cortex: cortisol and aldosterone...
Alopecia Areata -
A disease of unknown cause in which sudden well-defined bald patches occur. The bald areas are usually round or oval and located on the head and other hairy
parts of the body. Hairs that look like exclamation point can sometime occur at a bald patch's edges...
Ankylosing Spondylitis -
Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) refers to inflammation of the joints in the spine. AS is also known as rheumatoid spondylitis or Marie-Strümpell disease (among other
names). A form of arthritis, AS is characterized by chronic inflammation, causing pain and stiffness...
Anti-GBM Nephritis -
Anti-GBM antibodies are found now and then in the blood and even in the kidneys of healthy individuals without any clinical signs of glomerulonephritis ,
(Zimmerman et al 1979 , Bailey et al 1981 , Bernard et al 1986 ). They have also been found in the blood ...
Antiphospholipid Syndrome -
A thrombophilic disorder in which venous or arterial thrombosis, or both, may occur. The serologic markers are antiphospholipid antibodies (anticardiolipin
antibodies), the lupus anticoagulant, or both; APAS is characterised by the presence of circulating antiphospholipid antibodies (APA)...
Asthma -
Chronic disease with attacks of shortness of breath, wheezing, and coughing from constriction and mucous-membrane swelling in the bronchi (air passageways in
the lungs). It is caused primarily by allergy or respiratory infection. Secondhand smoke can cause asthma in children...
Atopic Allergy -
A form of allergy that affects persons with a genetic predisposition to hypersensitivity to certain allergens. Examples include asthma, hay fever, and food allergies.
Atopic Dermatitis -
Atopic dermatitis refers to a wide range of diseases that are often associated with stress and allergic disorders that involve the respiratory system, like asthma and
hay fever. Although atopic dermatitis can appear at any age, it is most common in children and young adults...
Balo Disease -
Balo Disease is a rare and progressive variant of multiple sclerosis. It usually first appears in adulthood, but childhood cases have also been reported. While
multiple sclerosis typically is a disease that waxes and wanes, Balo Disease is different in that it tends to be rapidly progressive...
Behcet's Disease -
A rare immune mediated small vessel systemic vasculitis that often presents with mucous membrane ulceration and ocular problems. Was named in 1937 after the
Turkish dermatologist Hulusi Behçet, who first described the triple-symptom complex of recurrent oral...
Berger's Disease -
IgA Nephropathy is the most common glomerulonephritis throughout the world Primary IgA nephropathy is characterized by deposition of the IgA antibody in the
glomerulus. There are other diseases associated with glomerular IgA deposits, the most common being...
Bullous Pemphigoid -
An autoimmune skin disorder resembling, but histologically and clinically distinct from, pemphigus and characterized by bloody blisters, especially on the trunk and
limbs. A disease characterized by tense blister–bullae formation on mucocutaneous...
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Cardiomyopathy -
As cardiomyopathy worsens, the heart becomes weaker. It's less able to pump blood through the body and maintain a normal electrical rhythm. This can lead to
heart failure or irregular heartbeats called arrhythmias. In turn, heart failure can cause fluid to build up in the lungs, ankles, feet, legs...
Cicatricial Pemphigoid -
An autoimmune skin disorder resembling, but histologically and clinically distinct from, pemphigus and characterized by bloody blisters, especially on the trunk and
limbs. A rare chronic autoimmune subepithelial blistering disease characterized by erosive skin lesions of the mucous membranes...
Colitis -
Colitis is one of the commonest diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. It may be caused by infection (dysentery bacilli, salmonellosis, amoebas, balantidial), poor food
habits, or poisoning (by mercury and other chemicals). It can result from uremic autointoxication...
Cranial Arteritis -
Temporal arteritis is also called giant cell arteritis or cranial arteritis. It is a rheumatic disease that affects large and medium-sized arteries throughout the body and
can occur in a variety of patients. Although the temporal arteries are most commonly...
Crest Syndrome -
A form of scleroderma that is a combination of calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal motility disorders, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia. Abbreviation for
Calcinosis, Raynaud's Phenomenon, Esophageal Dysfunction, Sclerodactyly, and Telangiectasis...
Crohn’s Disease -
The inflammation caused by Crohn's disease often spreads deep into the layers of affected bowel tissue. Like ulcerative colitis, another common IBD, Crohn's
disease can be both painful and debilitating, and sometimes may lead to life-threatening complications. While there's no known...
Dego's Disease -
Degos Disease is an extremely rare disorder in which small and medium sized arteries become blocked (occlusive arteriopathy), restricting the flow of blood to
affected areas. Degos disease usually causes characteristic skin lesions that may last for a period...
Devic Disease -
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO), also called Devic's disease, is a central nervous system disorder causing primarily swelling and inflammation of the eye nerves (optic
neuritis) and the spinal cord (myelitis)...
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Eczema -
The term eczema is broadly applied to a range of persistent skin conditions. These include dryness and recurring skin rashes that are characterized by one or more
of these symptoms: redness, skin edema(swelling), itching and dryness, crusting, flaking, blistering, cracking...
Eoscinophilic Fascitis -
Eosinophilic fasciitis is a rare disorder characterized by inflammation of the tough band of fibrous tissue beneath the skin (fascia). The arms and legs are most often
affected. Inflammation is caused by the abnormal accumulation of certain...
Fibromyalgia Fibromyositis -
Fibromyositis - local inflammation of muscle and connective tissue inflammation, redness, rubor - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by
pain and swelling and redness and heat Fibromyalgia (FM or FMS) is characterised by...
Fibrosing Alveolitis -
A severe form of alveolitis characterized by dyspnea and hypoxia. It occurs in advanced rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases. X-ray films show
thickening of the alveolar septa and diffuse pulmonary infiltrates...
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Glomerulonephritis -
Also known as glomerular nephritis, abbreviated GN, is a term used to refer to several renal diseases (usually affecting both kidneys). Many of the diseases are
characterized by inflammation either of the glomeruli or small blood vessels in the kidneys...
Goodpasture's Disease -
Goodpasture’s syndrome (also known as Goodpasture’s disease and anti-glomerular basement antibody disease) is a rare autoimmune disease in which
antibodies attack the lungs and kidneys, leading to bleeding from the lungs and to kidney failure...
Grave's Disease -
Is an autoimmune disease. It most commonly affects the thyroid, frequently causing it to enlarge to twice its size or more (goiter), become overactive, with
related hyperthyroid symptoms such as increased heartbeat, muscle weakness...
Guillain-Barre Syndrome -
Guillain–Barré Syndrome (GBS) (French pronunciation: [ɡiˈlɛ̃ baˈʁe], English pronunciation: /ˈɡiːlænˈbɑreɪ/), sometimes Landry's paralysis or Guillain–Barré–
Strohl syndrome, is an acute polyneuropathy, a disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system...
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis -
Hashimoto's thyroiditis or chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease in which the thyroid gland is attacked by a variety of cell- and antibody-
mediated immune processes. It was the first disease to be recognized as an autoimmune disease...
Hepatitis -
Hepatitis (plural hepatitides) is a medical condition defined by the inflammation of the liver and characterized by the presence of inflammatory cells in the tissue of
the organ. The name is from the Greek hepar (ἧπαρ), the root being hepat- (ἡπατ-)...
Hughes Syndrome -
Antiphospholipid syndrome or antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS or APLS or), often also Hughes syndrome, is an autoimmune, hyper-
coagulable state caused by anti-phospholipid anti-bodies. APS provokes blood clots...
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Kawasaki's Disease -
An autoimmune disease in which the medium-sized blood vessels throughout the body become inflamed. It is largely seen in children under five years of age. It
affects many organ systems, mainly those including the blood vessels, skin...
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Autoimmune Lichen Myositis /
Diseases List L-M Planus JM, JDM
Lichen Planus -
Is a disease of the skin and/or mucous membranes that resembles lichens. It is thought to be the result of an autoimmune process with an unknown initial trigger.
Where the trigger is known, a lesion is known as a lichenoid lesion. There is no cure...
Lupoid Hepatitis -
Lupoid hepatitis (also called autoimmune hepatitis) is an auto-immune disease which causes liver cirrhosis. It maybe associated with systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE) or other connective tissue disorders. 60% of patients have chronic hepatitis...
Lupus / SLE -
Non-infectious chronic disease in which antibodies in an individual's immune system attack the body's own substances. In lupus, known medically as lupus
erythematosus, antibodies are produced against the individual's own cells...
Lyme Disease -
A nonfatal bacterial infection that causes symptoms ranging from fever and headache to a painful swelling of the joints. The first American case of Lyme's
characteristic rash was documented in 1970 and the disease was first identified in a cluster at the submarine base in...
Meniere's Disease -
A disease characterized by deafness and vertigo, resulting in incoordination of movement. It is supposed to depend upon a morbid condition of the semicircular
canals of the internal ear. Named after Ménière, a French physician...
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Osteoporosis -
A disorder in which the normal replenishment of old bone tissue is severely disrupted, resulting in weakened bones and increased risk of fracture; osteopenia results
when bone-mass loss is significant but not as severe as in osteoporosis...
Pars Planitis -
Although pars planitis is generally benign, there can be significant vision loss in extreme cases. It is an immunological disorder of the eye characterized by
inflammation of a part of the uvea, the layer of tissue between the sclera and the retina...
Pemphigus Vulgaris -
Pemphigus vulgaris (PV -ICD-10 L10.0) is the most common form of the disorder and occurs when antibodies attack Desmoglein 3 . Sores often originate in
the mouth, making eating difficult and uncomfortable. Although pemphigus...
Polymyalgia Rheumatica -
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (which takes its name from the word "polymyalgia" which means "pain in many muscles" in Greek followed by the term "rheumatica")
abbreviated as PMR, is a syndrome with pain or stiffness, usually in the neck, shoulders, and hips...
Polymyositis -
Polymyositis (PM) is an inflammatory disorder in which muscle tissue becomes inflamed and deteriorates, causing weakness and pain. It is one of several types of
inflammatory muscle disease, or myopathy. Others include dermatomyositis (DM)...
Psoriasis -
Psoriasis occurs when the immune system mistakes a normal skin cell for a pathogen, and sends out faulty signals that cause overproduction of new skin cells. It is
not contagious. Psoriasis has been linked to an increased risk of stroke, and treating high blood...
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Raynaud's Syndrome -
A vasospastic disorder causing discoloration of the fingers, toes, and occasionally other areas. This condition may also cause nails to become brittle with longitudinal
ridges. Named after French physician Maurice Raynaud(1834–1881), the phenomenon...
Reiter's Syndrome -
The manifestations of Reiter's Syndrome include the following triad of symptoms: an inflammatory arthritis of large joints, inflammation of the eyes in the form
of conjunctivitis or uveitis, and urethritis in men or cervicitis in women...
Rheumatic Fever -
Systemic inflammatory disease, extremely variable in its manifestation, severity, duration, and aftereffects. It is frequently followed by serious heart disease,
especially when there are repeated attacks. Rheumatic fever usually affects children...
Rheumatoid Arthritis -
Chronic, progressive autoimmune disease causing connective-tissue inflammation, mostly in synovial joints. It can occur at any age, is more common in women, and
has an unpredictable course. It usually starts gradually...
Scleritis -
Inflammation of the sclera, which in its severe necrotizing or in the posterior type may cause sight-threatening complications such as keratitis, uveitis, angle-closure
glaucoma or optic neuropathy...
Scleroderma -
Scleroderma is a progressive disease that affects the skin and connective tissue (including cartilage, bone, fat, and the tissue that supports the nerves and blood
vessels throughout the body). There are two major forms of the disorder...
Sjogren's Syndrome -
A syndrome occurring in menopausal women, characterized by keratoconjunctivitis sicca, dryness of mucous membranes, telangiectasias or purpuric spots on the
face, and bilateral parotid enlargement; it is often associated with...
Still's Disease -
Still’s disease is one type of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) and is also known as systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis, SOJIA. By “systemic” it is meant
that along with joint inflammation it typically begins with symptoms and signs of systemic...
Sydenham's Chorea -
Sydenham's chorea is an acute but self-limited movement disorder that occurs most commonly in children between the ages of 5 and 15, and occasionally in
pregnant women. It is closely associated with rheumatic fever following a throat infection...
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Takayasus Arteritis -
Takayasu's arteritis (tah-kah-YAH-sooz ahr-tuh-RIE-tis) is a rare type of vasculitis, a group of disorders that cause blood vessel inflammation. In Takayasu's arteritis,
the inflammation primarily damages the aorta — the large artery that carries...
Temporal Arteritis -
The term temporal arteritis literally means "inflammation of the temporal arteries." As implied by the name, these blood vessels run along the temples after they
branch off from the carotid artery in the neck. They provide the blood supply to...
Ulcerative Colitis -
Ulcerative colitis is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It causes swelling, ulcerations, and loss of function of the large intestine. In ulcerative colitis, the
inflammation affects the lining of the rectum and large intestine...
Uveitis -
Uveitis is the inflammation of the uvea, the pigmented layer that lies between the inner retina and the outer fibrous layer composed of the sclera and cornea. The
uvea consists of the middle layer of pigmented vascular structures of the eye and includes...
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Vasculitis -
Vasculitis refers to a varied group of disorders which all share a common underlying problem of inflammation of a blood vessel or blood vessels. The inflammation
may affect any size blood vessel, anywhere in the body. It may affect either arteries and/or veins...
Wegener's Granulomatosis -
Wegener's granulomatosis, is a rare form of vasculitis. In this disorder, small-sized blood vessels in the nose, sinuses, ears, lungs and kidneys become inflamed and
damaged. Other areas may also be affected in some cases...
Wilson's Syndrome -
Wilson’s (temperature) syndrome, also called Wilson’s thyroid syndrome or WTS, is an alternative medicine concept which is not recognized as a medical
condition by mainstream medicine...
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