who do autoimmune diseases affect the most?
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Often the disease starts during a woman's childbearing years (ages 15 to 44). Some autoimmune diseases are more common in certain ethnic groups. For example, lupus affects more African-American and Hispanic people than Caucasians. Certain autoimmune diseases, like multiple sclerosis and lupus, run in families.
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Autoimmune diseases result from a failure of the body's own defenses against disease. The immune system loses its ability to tell the difference between foreign materials and its own cells. So the body starts attacking its own organs and tissues.
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['Autoimmune diseases (in which the immune system attacks the body) such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, and scleroderma.', 'Lung inflammation due to breathing in a foreign substance such as certain types of dust, fungus, or mold (hypersensitivity pneumonitis).']
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About 15 to 25 percent of people with vitiligo are also affected by at least one other autoimmune disorder, particularly autoimmune thyroid disease, rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes, psoriasis, pernicious anemia, Addison disease, or systemic lupus erythematosus.
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High values Levels of IgA also get higher in some autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and in liver diseases, such as cirrhosis and long-term (chronic) hepatitis.
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One tissue that's commonly affected by autoimmune disorders is the skin. There are many different types of skin-related autoimmune disorders, including scleroderma, psoriasis, dermatomyositis, epidermolysis bullosa, and bullous pemphigoid. Scleroderma.
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['Osteoarthritis.', 'Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)', 'Lupus.', 'Spondyloarthropathies -- ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA)', "Sjogren's syndrome.", 'Gout.', 'Scleroderma.', 'Infectious arthritis.']
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An autoimmune disease is a condition in which your immune system mistakenly attacks your body. The immune system normally guards against germs like bacteria and viruses. When it senses these foreign invaders, it sends out an army of fighter cells to attack them.
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The autoimmune disease most strongly associated with psoriasis was rheumatoid arthritis (RA). If you have psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), your risk for an additional autoimmune disease increases even more.
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Crohn's disease, lupus and psoriasis are other autoimmune disease that can impact oral health. These conditions impact the mouth in different ways. Crohn's disease can cause swelling of the gums and lips and ulcers in the mouth. They are often the first symptoms people notice of the condition.
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Immunologic and Autoimmune Lung Disease With an autoimmune disease, a person's own immune system attacks the lungs, causing inflammation and scarring that can impair lung function and breathing. Rheumatoid arthritis may lead to a group of lung conditions categorized as rheumatoid lung disease.
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Hashimoto's disease, or Hashimoto's thyroiditis, is an autoimmune disease that damages the thyroid gland. Hashimoto's disease affects more women than men. It is the most common cause of hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid).
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Most autoimmune diseases of the nervous system are discussed in this paper, including multiple sclerosis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, autoimmune encephalitis, acute myelitis, neuromyelitis optica, Guillain-Barré syndrome and myasthenia gravis.
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An autoimmune disorder causes your immune system – which usually fights off infections – to attack otherwise helpful parts of your body. In the case of Hashimoto's thyroiditis, your immune system attacks your thyroid, which can cause inflammation and lead to an underactive thyroid gland.
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Autoimmunity is present in all individuals; however, autoimmune disease occurs only in those individuals in whom the breakdown of one or more of the basic mechanisms regulating immune tolerance results in self-reactivity that can cause tissue damage.
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The autoimmune connective tissue diseases include systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, polymyositis, and dermatomyositis. These are considered classic connective tissue diseases.
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Normally, the immune system can tell the difference between foreign cells and your own cells. In an autoimmune disease, the immune system mistakes part of your body, like your joints or skin, as foreign.