Even today's skills doctors still do not fully understand autoimmune diseases. Autoimmune diseases are difficult to diagnose and are often misdiagnosed. What happens in the body when someone is suffering from an autoimmune disease? Briefly, the body does not recognize itself, the immune system reacts and begins to protect itself from what it believes to be a pathogen from the outside world.
One of the reasons that diagnosis is difficult is that there are many factors that affect the onset of these types of diseases. The only effective way to diagnose this type of failure is to do a blood test. Several factors that determine whether a person develops an autoimmune disease are sex, age, genetics, and environmental factors. Research on environmental factors is an ongoing process. Women are more likely to develop these diseases despite their immune system being said to be stronger than male counterparts. The most common side effect of autoimmune diseases is infection. Other side effects are weakness, urticaria, swollen joints, weight changes, fever, pain.
Autoimmune diseases are known to attack many parts of the body, such as skin, joints, blood vessels, tissues, and major organs. Some well-known autoimmune diseases are lupus, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, and rheumatoid arthritis. Lupus affects healthy tissues and organs. Ankylosing spondylitis affects spinal and pelvic joints. Crohn's disease affects the gastrointestinal tract. Rheumatoid arthritis affects many of the body's small joints, such as wrists and wrist joints, for example. Among these diseases are those ranging from mild to life threatening or debilitating to individuals suffering from diseases. Such diseases can only be treated and not cured, and are typically chronic diseases. Most autoimmune disorders are treated with medications that help to reduce the activity of the hyperactive immune system. You can also use drugs to help treat the symptoms.
