Diseases Of The Immune System
Health Encyclopedia: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic (long-term) disease that causes inflammation of the joints and surrounding tissues. Itcan also affect other organs.
Alternative Names
RA; Arthritis - rheumatoid
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
The cause of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is unknown.It is consideredautoimmune disease. Thebody's immune system normally fights offforeign substances, likeviruses. But in an autoimmune disease, the immune system confuses healthy ...
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...respiratory conditions. People taking immune-system suppressing medication or who have autoimmune disease and immune system disorders and other conditions should be especially careful as well.The... Read more »Systemic lupus erythematosus
...factors SLE (lupus) is an autoimmune disease. This means there is a problem with the body's normal immune system response. Normally, the immune system helps protect the body from harmful... Read more »Aspergillosis
...death. The outlook for a person with invasive aspergillosis also depends on the underlying disease and immune system function. Complications Amphotericin B can cause kidney... Read more »Narcolepsy: Causes
...combination of genetics and one or more environmental triggers such as infection, trauma, hormonal changes, immune system problems or stress. Researchers are looking for specific genetic mutations... Read more »Cockroach Allergies
...where they stay inside because of safety concerns. What Causes the Allergic Reaction? The job of immune system cells is to find foreign substances such as viruses and bacteria and get rid of... Read more »Images
Medications
... condition in which the body's defense system (immune system) fails to recognize the body... Read more »
...corticosteroid hormone (glucocorticoid). It decreases your immune system's response to various... Read more »
...these conditions, the body's defense system (immune system) attacks healthy tissues.... Read more »
...corticosteroid hormone (glucocorticoid). It decreases your immune system's response to... Read more »
...MS, but it is thought to help by preventing your immune system from attacking the nerves in your... Read more »
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