Autoimmune diseases that mimic lupus

    • [PDF File]Healthy Living “The Battle Within: Autoimmune Disease and Lupus”

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      Autoimmune disease-Autoimmune disease can affect any part of the body, weakening bodily functions and causing healthy cells, tissues, and organs to malfunction and be life-threatening. Source: ions/autoimmune/index.cfm . Please see below a list of well-known autoimmune diseases, describing their specific conditions. Type 1 Diabetes-

    • [PDF File]Autoimmune Diseases and Your Environment - National Institute of ...

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      Scientists know about more than 100 autoimmune diseases. Some are well known, such as Type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis, while others are rare and difficult to diagnose. With unusual autoimmune diseases, patients may suffer years before getting a proper diagnosis. Most of these diseases have no cure.

    • [PDF File]Lupus Information Sheet - Veterans Affairs

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      Lupus is an autoimmune disease, as described above. ... of lupus, there are likely to be other autoimmune diseases in some family members. Certain ethnic groups (people of African, Asian, Hispanic/Latino, Native American, ... (SLE) mimic those of other illnesses, lupus can be a difficult disease to diagnose. The diagnosis of lupus is based off ...

    • [PDF File]Autoimmunity - Immunology

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      Autoimmune disorders can be placed into two general types: those that are localised to specific organs or tissues (such as thyroiditis) or those that are systemic and damage many organs or tissues (such as systemic lupus erythematosus). Examples of localised autoimmune diseases • Addison’s disease – this disease results from damage to

    • [PDF File]Lupus

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      In autoimmune diseases, the immune system turns against parts of the body it is designed to protect. This leads to inflammation and damage to various body tissues. ... helps the doctor consider other diseases that may mimic lupus, or determine if you truly have the disease. Reaching a diagnosis may take time as new symptoms appear.

    • [PDF File]Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Columbia University

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      A systemic autoimmune syndrome with pleiotropic organ involvement (affects multiple organs in multiple ways) May present in a variety of ways The clinical course is unpredictable Other diseases may mimic lupus Diagnosis is often delayed Laboratory testing serves as an adjunct to the clinical history and physical findings

    • [PDF File]Chronic Liver Disease: A Mimic of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Cureus

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      There can be the production of autoantibodies in liver diseases like viral hepatitis, ALD, NAFLD, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and autoimmune liver diseases. ANA, anti-dsDNA, anti-Smith, anti-centromere, and ANCA antibodies, which are seen in rheumatic diseases, can be produced in liver diseases as well.

    • [PDF File]Systemic lupus erythematosus Fact Sheet - New York State Department of ...

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      Systemic lupus erythematosus . Systemic lupus erythematosus (S.L.E.), commonly called lupus, is a chronic autoimmune disorder that can affect virtually any organ of the body. In lupus, the body's ... Because its symptoms come and go and mimic those of other diseases, lupus is difficult to

    • [PDF File]Autoimmune Diseases - Lupus Research Alliance

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      What is systemic lupus erythematosus? Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), commonly referred to as lupus, is a debilitating autoimmune disease marked by its complexity or heterogeneity—meaning it affects each person differently and can change over time. In lupus, the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s own tissues and vital organs.

    • [PDF File]Chronic Liver Disease: A Mimic of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

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      without the presence of autoimmune diseases. Numerous kinds of autoantibodies are detected in liver diseases such as viral hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease (ALD), and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), ... Chronic Liver Disease: A Mimic of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Cureus 13(7): e16765. DOI 10.7759/cureus.16765. and legs). The ...

    • [PDF File]Autoimmune Diseases and Diet: A Literature Review - Logan University

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      Autoimmune diseases affect between 5 and 8 percent of the population, making them the third ... some diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis are often classified as autoimmune ... mimic self-antigens, release sequestered self-antigens, or both15. Recently, there has been ...

    • [PDF File]Understanding Lupus and Auto-Immune Diseases - American Association of ...

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      Lupus Erythematosus: an auto-immune chronic inflammatory disease that can affect various parts of the body, especially the skin, joints, blood and kidneys. Lymphocytes: a type of white blood cell involved in the human body’s immune system, of which

    • [PDF File]Women and Autoimmune Diseases - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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      autoimmune disease, since such diseases develop in cer-tain strains of mice (e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus or lupus in MRL mice) without any apparent infectious envi-ronmental trigger. However, a body of circumstantial evi-dence links diabetes, multiple sclerosis, myocarditis, and many other autoimmune diseases with preceding infec-

    • [PDF File]Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Columbia University

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      Systemic Lupus Erythematosus -- key concepts A systemic autoimmune syndrome with pleiotropic organ involvement (affects multiple organs in multiple ways) May present in a variety of ways The clinical course is unpredictable Other diseases may mimic lupus Diagnosis is often delayed Laboratory testing serves as an adjunct to the clinical history and

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      Autoimmune diseases (ADs) are chronic and heterogeneous conditions that affect speciļ¬c target organs or multiple organ systems. These conditions share several clinical signs and symptoms, physiopathological mechan-isms and genetic factors (ie, the autoimmune tautology).1 Their incidence ranges from 1 to 20 cases per 100 000 person-years and the

    • [PDF File]Lupus and the Military - Lupus Foundation of America

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      development of lupus and other autoimmune diseases. Few studies have been initiated to examine these issues in depth. As the prototypical autoimmune disease, findings from a robust research effort on lupus may provide clues to the causes of many other autoimmune diseases. There is an urgent need to expand research to better understand the

    • [PDF File]A case of systemic lupus erythematosus manifestation following COVID-19

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      1 Autoimmune Diseases Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran Full list of author information is available at the end of the article. ... can mimic lupus, trigger lupus, or trigger SLE ares [2]. SARS-CoV-2 is a positive-sense single-stranded ribo-

    • [PDF File]Lupus Facts and Statistics, 2017 - Florida Department of Health

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      Lupus is an autoimmune disease that triggers inflammation in different tissues of the body, ... it can mimic other conditions.1 Lupus is more common in females than in males, and the hormone estrogen plays an important role in both the ... a family history of other autoimmune diseases is common among individuals with lupus.3

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