Types of Autoimmune diseases
Types list: The list of types of Autoimmune diseases mentioned in various sources includes:
- Possibly Autoimmune Diseases
- Type 1 diabetes
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Autoimmune thyroid diseases
- Graves Disease
- Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Crohn's disease
- Psoriasis
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Sympathetic ophthalmitis
- Autoimmune neuropathies
- Autoimmune oophoritis
- Autoimmune orchitis
- Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome
- Antiphospholipid syndrome
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Scleroderma
- Lupus
- Addison's Disease
- Polyendocrine deficiency syndrome
- Polyendocrine deficiency syndrome type 1
- Polyendocrine deficiency syndrome type 2
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome
- Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura
- Pernicious anemia
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Primary biliary cirrhosis
- Mixed connective tissue disease
- Primary Glomerulonephritis
- Vitiligo
- Autoimmune uveitis
- Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
- Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia
- Celiac Disease
- Dermatitis herpetiformis
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Pemphigus
- Pemphigus Vulgaris
- Pemphigus Foliaceus
- Bullous Pemphigoid
- Autoimmune Myocarditis
- Autoimmune Vasculitis
- Autoimmune eye diseases
- Alopecia Areata
- Autoimmune Atherosclerosis
- Behcet's Disease
- Autoimmune Myelopathy
- Autoimmune Hemophilia
- Autoimmune Interstitial Cystitis
- Autoimmune Diabetes Insipidus
- Autoimmune Endometriosis
- Relapsing Polychondritis
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Autoimmune Urticaria
- Paraneoplastic Autoimmune Syndromes
- Dermatomyositis
- Miller Fisher Syndrome
- IgA nephropathy
- Goodpasture syndrome
- Herpes gestationis
Types discussion: There are many different autoimmune diseases, and they can each affect the body in different ways. For example, the autoimmune reaction is directed against the brain in multiple sclerosis and the gut in Crohn's disease. In other autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus), affected tissues and organs may vary among individuals with the same disease. One person with lupus may have affected skin and joints whereas another may have affected skin, kidney, and lungs. Ultimately, damage to certain tissues by the immune system may be permanent, as with destruction of insulin-producing cells of the pancreas in Type 1 diabetes mellitus. 1
Lupus,
rheumatoid arthritis, and systemic sclerosis all affect the connective
tissue. Multiple
sclerosis, myasthenia
gravis, and Gullian-Barre syndromes are neuromuscular diseases. On the
other hand, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Graves’ disease, and insulin-dependent/juvenile
diabetes (type 1) are all related to the endocrine system. Finally, inflammatory
bowel disease is an autoimmune disease which attacks the
gastrointestinal system. 2
Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Understanding Autoimmune Disease: NIAID
2. excerpt from Autoimmune Diseases: NWHIC
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