Diseases That Affect The Immune System
Health Encyclopedia: Immunodeficiency Disorders
Immunodeficiency disorders occur when the immune response is reduced or absent.
Alternative Names
Immunosuppression
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
The immune system protects the body from potentially harmful substances (
The immune response consists of general actions, such as phagocytosis, in which white blood cells engulf and destroy f...
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Expert & Community Posts
Watch Depression in COPD Because It = More Hospitalizations
By Amy Hendel , Health Expert...the course of the disease because: It may affect immune system function It may affect... Read more »
Modern Living & Our Immune System
By Kathleen MacNaughton , Health Expert...allergies and allergic asthma are all disorders of the immune system. Our immune system is... Read more »
Skin Cancer, Medications and Medical Conditions
By Kevin Berman, MD, PhD , Health Expert...multiple medications to prevent his/her body and immune system from rejecting the transplanted... Read more »
The Swine Flu in Children: When to Call Your Doctor
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert...neuromuscular disorders Diseases which can affect immune systems, such as HIV/AIDS, cancer or... Read more »
IBD and IBS are Not the Same Thing
By Elizabeth Roberts , Health Expert...are marked by an abnormal response by the body's immune system. The immune system is composed of... Read more »
Health Guide
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Introduction
...lasts for years, sometimes for life.Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks itself. The pattern of joints affected is usually symmetrical, involves... Read more »Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Risk Factors
...than the general population. Some cases of NHL in such cases are due to inherited disorders of the immune system. Studies suggest, however, that such family clusters are more likely to be due to... Read more »The Risk of Neuropathy for Diabetics
...tests can detect diabetes, vitamin deficiencies, liver or kidney dysfunction, and other metabolic or immune system abnormalities that may be the source of symptoms. Cerebrospinal fluid may contain... Read more »Multiple Sclerosis: Drug Treatment
...for a few days. Steroids reduce inflammation in the central nervous system and may help suppress the immune system's attack on myelin and even improve electrical conduction.Steroids, in general,... Read more »STD Symptoms
...treatment or cure now exists is acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a fatal viral infection of the immune system. Major Types Diseases that can be transmitted sexually are: Acquired... Read more »Images
Medications
... mouth, measles vaccine) drugs that affect the immune system (e.g., cyclosporine, ... Read more »
...use, especially of: drugs that may affect your immune system (e.g., cancer chemotherapy,... Read more »
...methotrexate) cholestyramine other drugs that weaken the immune system (e.g., tacrolimus, ... Read more »
... mouth, measles vaccine) drugs that affect the immune system (e.g., cyclosporine, ... Read more »
...ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin) drugs that affect the immune system (e.g., cyclosporine) ... Read more »
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