Types
Autoimmune disorders may affect a single organ or multiple organs.
There are a number of autoimmune diseases in man. They could affect a particular tissue or organ, or multiple organs. People suffering from one autoimmune disease may be prone to suffering from some others as well. Some autoimmune disorders are listed below with the tissues involved:
Autoimmune disorders affecting multiple organs:
- Systemic lupus erythematosus, Lupus erythematosus
- Sjogren syndrome – Salivary and tear glands along with joints are affected
- Goodpasture’s syndrome – lungs and kidney are affected
- Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
- Behcet’s disease
- Reiter’s syndrome
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Autoimmune disorders affecting muscle, joints, skin and connective tissue:
- Rheumatoid arthritis, Reactive arthritis
- Dermatomyositis – Skin and muscles are affected
- Myasthenia gravis – Junction between nerve and muscle is affected
- Multiple sclerosis
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Ankylosing spondilytis
- Lichen planus
Autoimmune disorders affecting blood vessels – Vasculitis:
- Takayasu Arteritis
- Temporal Arteritis
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Autoimmune disorders affecting endocrine glands:
- Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Grave's disease – Thyroid is affected
- Addison's disease – Adrenal gland is affected
- Type I diabetes – Pancreas is affected
Autoimmune disorders affecting blood cells:
- Pernicious anemia – Red blood cells are affected
- Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
- Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura – Platelets are affected
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Autoimmune disorders affecting the digestive tract:
- Celiac disease
- Crohn’s disease
- Ulcerative colitis
- Autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis.
