A healthy immune system defends the body against disease and infection. But if the immune system malfunctions, it mistakenly attacks healthy cells, tissues, and organs. Called autoimmune disease, these attacks can affect any part of the body, weakening bodily function and even turning life-threatening.
Currently there is no clear scientific evidence why autoimmunity occurs however, medical community agrees that factors like Lifestyle, Diet, Environment, Hormones, Genetics and Epigenetics, Stress – all these play a crucial role in triggering auto-immunity.
Treatment for autoimmune diseases generally focuses on reducing immune system activity using lifestyle changes like diet, exercise, sleep, reducing stress or by using medications.
Most common Auto-immune diseases are:
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Lupus
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- Type 1 diabetes mellitus
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
- Psoriasis
- Graves’ disease
- Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
- Myasthenia gravis
- Vasculitis
- Vitiligo
- Eczema
- Fibromyalgia
- Celiac disease
References:
https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/autoimmune-diseases
https://www.healthline.com/health/autoimmune-disorders
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