Autoimmune diseases: what are they?

Diseases that occur because of the dysfunction of the immune system: what are they, what problems they cause, what they are caused.

The function of the immune system is to protect our body against bacteria, viruses and neoplasia: however, its strength is not easily controlled, so there is always the possibility that it is triggered against healthy tissues and organs. This is, in simple terms, the definition of autoimmune disease: a disease caused by the alteration of the immune system, which attacks the body. To date, about 80 autoimmune diseases have been identified and studied: some are more common in children, others in adulthood. What is certain, is that if children and girls are also affected in childhood, the most affected by these diseases are women, because of the instability of the disease. hormonal balance. For autoimmune diseases, no real cure has ever been found, but symptomatic therapies are usually given, that is, they reduce the symptoms caused by the disease. But let us proceed in order and take stock of the situation on autoimmune diseases : what are what are they, what are the factors that cause them, what are the symptoms and the badociated disorders

19659004] With autoimmune disease in medicine, it indicates the alteration of the immune system, which attacks components of the human body, reaching its functionality or altering its anatomy. In practice, it is the self-destruction of the body, which can affect various parts of the body, from external parts, such as skin, to internal organs.

What are autoimmune diseases?

As we have said, I am about 80 autoimmune diseases have been found and clbadified to date. Here is a list of the most known:

• Alopecia Areata
• Perniciosa Anemia
• Psoriatic Arthritis
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Celiac Disease
• Interstitial Cystitis
• Colopathy Sclerosis
• Ulcerative Colitis [19659008] Connectivity
• Cryoglobulinemia
• Atopic Dermatitis
• Dermatitis Herpetiformis – Duhring
• Type 1 Diabetes
• Autoimmune Hepatitis
• Erythema nodosum
• Reumatica fever
• Fibromyalgia
• Granulomatosis of Wegener
• Lichen Ruber Planus
• Lichen sclerosus
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Behçet's disease
• Myasthenia gravis
• Ocular myasthenia
• Addison's disease
• Crohn's disease
• Morbus of Graves – Basedow
• Kawasaki's Disease Pemfigo
• Pneumatic Polymyalgia
• Psoriasis
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Sclero Amyotrophic Lateral (Sla)
• Scleroderma
• A Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome
• Restless Leg Syndrome
• Cushing Syndrome
• Guillain-Barré Syndrome
• Meniere Syndrome
• Syndrome of Sjogren
• Reiter's Syndrome
• Ankylosing Spondylitis
• Autoimmune Thyroiditis
• Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
• Vasculitis

What are the most common autoimmune diseases in children?

The most common autoimmune diseases are, in childhood, type 1 diabetes ]: In those who suffer from this type of diabetes, the immune system attacks the pancreas. Celiac disease is widespread in the infant age: in the celiac, the immune system attacks the cells that digest gluten

What are the most common autoimmune diseases in the world? 39, adulthood?

In childhood, men and women are affected in the same way, women are the main victims of autoimmune diseases in adulthood. This occurs due to a more unstable hormonal balance, which promotes the development of uncontrolled immune responses

The most common autoimmune disease in adult age and rheumatoid arthritis that affects One in 100 women Among the autoimmune diseases of adult age there is also the Sla, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known because it hit the great physicist Stephen Hawking, but fortunately not among the most widespread. Among the most common autoimmune diseases in Italy is multiple sclerosis, which should not be confused with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Lupus is also very common.

What is lupus and what are the problems that entails?

Lupus is an autoimmune disease manifested primarily by a butterfly-shaped facial vent. articular pain; joint pains are common to many autoimmune diseases, because the joints are easily used

In lupus, the immune system attacks the internal organs: the most affected is the liver.

Rheumatoid arthritis and what problems does this involve?

Rheumatoid arthritis could also be described as the autoimmune cousin disease of lupus because it is a very similar pathology. This disease, in fact, affects internal organs such as lupus, but tends to deform the joints even before hitting organs. In lupus, however, the joints remain healthy, suppressing the most severe cases

What is Multiple Sclerosis and What Are the Problems?

In people with multiple sclerosis the immune system attacks the material that covers the nerves and thus damages the connections between the different neurons. Multiple sclerosis can cause movement malformations, pain, progressive paralysis. The severity of symptoms increases and decreases as a result of cyclical evolution: in simple terms, the disease often seems to improve, returning soon after more severe than before. Even for this disease, as for the general nature of autoimmune diseases, there is no real cure; in some patients, it has been observed that the symptomatology caused by sclerosis has improved even without drugs

What is the Sla and what are the problems that it involves?

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Sla, it is a disease that affects motor neurons: it leads to paralysis much faster than multiple sclerosis; Unlike the last pathology, however, it is not cyclical but only tends to worsen it. Sla is very dangerous because, with complete paralysis of all organs, it can lead to death within a few years.

What is scleroderma and what are the problems that it entails?

The scleroderma belongs to the same family as lupus and arthritis. This disease attacks the dermis, ie the skin, making it harder and thicker, causing overproduction of collagen. Scleroderma, in addition to causing obvious aesthetic problems, in severe cases causes problems to the internal organs. In fact, antibodies can attack the connective tissue that covers the internal organs: this can make them more and more rigid to destroy their functionality. The lungs, for example, may no longer be able to expand, allowing you to have a breathing block. The stomach may no longer be able to pbad the food.

Riccardo Secci