Examples of Autoimmune Diseases
Crohn’s disease: it affects the digestive tract, chronic inflammation occurs dispatched in progressively through episodes. It usually affects the final leg of the small intestine and colon first, although in some cases we found involved other sections of the digestive system.
Pernicious anemia: the stomach does not make intrinsic factor is a substance essential to absorb vitamin B12 from the gastrointestinal tract (basic vitamin for the formation of red blood cells)
Rheumatoid arthritis: inflammation of the joints (wrists, fingers, knees, ankles, etc..) And surrounding tissue but also can affect any organ. It causes a lot of stiffness and pain.
Diabetes Type I: autoimmune disease in the pancreas does not produce (or very little) insulin and glucose levels soar in our body. The person usually notice an excessive thirst, an appetite, fatigue, weight loss, blurred vision and there is a urination (urine) overly abundant.
Addison’s disease: the immune system attacks the adrenal gland and there is a low running it. The consequences can be very different because this gland is involved in the formation of glucocorticoid hormones, mineralocorticoid and sex hormones.
Celiac disease: the immune system attacks the villi of the small intestine in response to the presence of gluten (a protein found in oats, barley, rye and wheat) the body loses much of its ability to absorb nutrients and this can cause serious problems .
Graves’ disease: causes hyperthyroidism (thyroid gland work in a way too)
Multiple sclerosis: immune system damages the myelin sheath (layer that covers and protects nerve cells) and thus the blocking nerve impulses are progressively affecting the brain and spinal cord.
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is an inflammatory autoimmune disease that can affect joints, kidneys, skin and other organs. The patient usually also suffer from fatigue and stresses (in half of patients) a rash on the cheeks and nasal bridge, butterfly-shaped (often worsened by sunlight and affect other areas of the body)
Myasthenia gravis: there is a weakness of the muscles “volunteers” produced by a neuromuscular disorder. This can cause difficulty swallowing, drooping eyelid, difficulty climbing stairs, speaking, drooping head, etc.
Reiter’s syndrome, the immune system causes a number of inflammatory conditions in joints, genitals (urgency and urinary discomfort, lesions) and eye (pain)
Sjogren syndrome: are they destroying the glands that produce tears and saliva which just causing dry mouth, eyes and generally in all or mucous membranes.
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, is an immune reaction or immune system against the thyroid gland (inflammation) that may produce hypothyroidism or low performance.
credit to: Josep Vicent Arnau
