The hidden mystery disorders
Introduction:
This disorder or disease happened to
human beings suddenly sometimes the person doesn’t understand his body’s
reaction to environments, food, or activities. This disease can affect human
life and cause him to be upside down because of unknown problems that he faced.
This disease is called an autoimmune disorder or a disease that can be sudden
or slow over a period of time. Autoimmune disorders mean that person’s own
immune system attacks his normal body organs and is thought of as a foreign
body. Women can have more occurs of
autoimmune disorders than men. Many research studies are done to identify the
causes, complications, treatment modalities, and the different types that are
unclear. There are many types of autoimmune diseases that are well known and
some of it is very difficult to diagnose because still there are many
autoimmune diseases to be clarified and correct diagnosis can lead to correct
treatment.
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The types of autoimmune diseases:
There are many types of autoimmune
diseases according to the affected area in the body. The disease that affects
the muscles and joints are Rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren’s syndrome,
Systematic Lupus erythematous, fibromyalgia, and psoriatic arthritis. The
autoimmune disease that affects the digestive system are Crohn’s disease,
ulcerative colitis, and celiac disease. The autoimmune diseases that affect
the endocrine system are Graves’ disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, and
Addison’s disease.
And the autoimmune disease that
affects the nervous system are chronic inflammatory demyelinating
polyneuropathy, Guillain-Barre syndrome, and Multiple sclerosis. Moreover,
the autoimmune diseases that affect the blood vessels are autoimmune vacuities
and Behcet's disease.
Risk factors of autoimmune diseases:
There are many risk factors that can
cause autoimmune disorders genetic hereditary some families carried genes of
autoimmune disease that can be inherited by the children, some side effects
from some medications, being female gender, being obese, having some surgeries,
and getting infections that affect the body immune systems.
Signs and symptoms of autoimmune diseases:
The signs and symptoms of autoimmune
diseases differ according to the areas that have been affected and the type of
autoimmune disease if the disease affected the joint and muscles can cause muscle
and joint pain with stiffness and swelling inflammation and weakness. If
the disease of the digestive system can cause constipation, bloating,
abdominal pain, food sensitivities, nausea and vomiting, and blood or mucus in
the stool. Skin diseases can cause rashes, itching, dry eyes and mouths,
hair loss, and generally dry skin. If the disease affects the nervous
system the sign can be dizziness, headache, blurred vision, insomnia,
numbness and tingling, and convulsion in some cases.
The general sign and symptoms the
patient can have are fatigue, pain, fever, weight gain or loss, shortness of
breath, swollen glands, and hypersensitivity.
A diagnostic test to identify the presence of autoimmune diseases:
The diagnostic test varies for
each type of autoimmune disorder, according to the patient’s complaints, the
doctor will assess the patient carefully. The problem of autoimmune diseases is
difficult to diagnose because of the similarity of signs and symptoms of some
diseases so the doctor must assess the patient deeply with recurrent follow-ups
to confirm the diagnosis.
The doctor will assess the sign
and symptoms of the patient and the family history of the disease. Also, may
ultrasound of the bone and blood vessels may require a nuclear CT-Scan that can
identify the damage to the bones following blood tests like complete blood
count, rheumatoid factors, antinuclear antibodies, erythrocytes sedimentation
rates, and other blood tests to identify the type of autoimmune disease.
The management and treatment of autoimmune diseases:
The management and treatment will
be according to the type of autoimmune disease the patient is suffering but
there are some medications that most autoimmune diseases patients may prescribe
like pain medications, anti-inflammatories, corticosteroids, and drugs to
suppress the immune systems.
There are some management the
patient can do at home that
Diet modifications the person can
have a healthy diet to reduce signs and symptoms, some types of exercises and
yoga, and stop smoking,