Hey Sunshines
Have you heard of Autoimmune Disease also known as AI?
Doesn't it sound really scary that a disease of any shape or form can affect so many people like autoimmune apparently hitting one out of every twenty New Zealanders and Australian's by many blog posts and information regarding this disease that I have personally read, (that's just the figures in those two country's, it seems it is also known in other country's for example England and America affecting many people also).
There are many forms of Autoimmune Disease, with over 100+ diseases putting placed under the autoimmune disease (AI) umbrella.
I hadn't heard of the name Autoimmune disease (AI) until last year, but had heard of the sub categories of it like Arthritis, Diabetes, Crohns, with doing some research there are 100 plus different types of autoimmune diseases with some having no cure according to doctors but you most likely may be prescribed pills for a disease they can't cure.
An autoimmune disease is a condition arising from an abnormal immune response to a normal body part.[1] There are at least 80 types of autoimmune diseases.[1] Nearly any body part can be involved.[3] Common symptoms include low grade fever and feeling tired.[1] Often symptoms come and go.[1]
Source Wiki
Picture SourceSome Autoimmune Diseases you may of heard of... -
Disease
…………Body part affected
……...Affect/Damage
- Fibromyalgia - Widespread - Pain, fatigue, tenderness
- Autoimmune hepatitis - Liver - Chronic inflammatory
- Celiac disease - Small intestine - Damage from gluten
- Crohn’s disease - Bowel - Persistent inflammation of the lining
- Graves’ disease - Thyroid gland - Excessive hormones
- Hashimoto’s thyroiditis - Thyroid gland - Attacks and damages the thyroid
- Juvenile arthritis
- Type 1 diabetes - Blood glucose - Blood or sugars are too high
- Leukocytoclastic vasculitis - Small blood vessels - Inflammation
- Inclusion body myositis (IBM) - Muscles - Inflammation and weakness
- Ulcerative colitis (UC) - Colon and rectum - Inflammation and ulcers
- Vitiligo - Eyes, nose, mouth - White patches
- Rheumatic fever
- Retroperitoneal fibrosis - Ureters (tube from Kidneys to bladder) - Blocks
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Primary biliary cirrhosis - Bile ducts of the liver - Irritation and inflammation
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis - Bile ducts (inside & out of liver) - Scarring, Inflammation, destruction
- Lupus
- Lyme disease chronic
Reference source for list of Autoimmune diseases,where you can find out the full list of diseases and which part of the body they affect.
Does Autoimmune disease really affect one in twenty New Zealanders and Australian's?
To really answer than question correctly every single Kiwi and Aussie would have to be asked that question either in a survey or poll as people may have one of the diseases but may not know.
Have you heard of Autoimmune Disease before?
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Disclaimer
I am not a doctor nor giving out health advise please seek a professional's option as my posts are my own thought process that I am sharing, where I have found resources online that should be carefully researched and consulted.
