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Common autoimmune diseases
The spectrum of autoimmune diseases is extremely broad and diverse - practically every body structure can be affected. Some autoimmune diseases are directed against a single organ, while others can affect certain tissue structures throughout the body…
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The most common autoimmune diseases include:
- Inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
- Type 1 diabetes
- Chronic inflammation of the thyroid gland (Hashimoto's thyroiditis)
- Circular hair loss (alopecia areata)
- multiple sclerosis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Psoriasis
- Vitiligo
- Gluten intolerance (celiac disease)
- Ankylosing spondylitis (ankylosing spondylitis)
- Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
- Polyneuropathy
- Rheumatic fever
- Myasthenia gravis
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Lupus erythematosus
- Sjogren's syndrome
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Note Autoimmune-related chronic inflammations can also occur in diseases of the heart, the respiratory tract or the kidneys as well as in cancer.
