自體免疫疾病| Allergy & Autoimmune Disease

... 種不同的自體免疫疾病。

儘管被視為罕見疾病，自體免疫疾病仍影響了高達8% 的人口。

1 ... 診斷和治療是幫助患者管理各種自體免疫疾病症狀的關鍵，而這類疾病包括：. Areyouahealthcareprofessional? Theinformationinthiswebsiteisintendedonlyforhealthcareprofessionals.Byenteringthissite,youareconfirmingthatyouareahealthcareprofessional. EnterSite ✕ Areyoualaboratoryprofessional? Theinformationinthiswebsiteisintendedonlyforlaboratoryprofessionals.Byenteringthissite,youareconfirmingthatyouarealaboratoryprofessional. EnterSite ✕ Allergy AllergyOverview RespiratoryAllergies RespiratoryAllergiesOverview AllergicRhinitis IndoorAllergies FoodAllergies FoodAllergiesOverview Cow'sMilkAllergy EggAllergy PeanutAllergy TreeNutAllergy FishAllergy ShellfishAllergy WheatAllergy SoyAllergy AtopicDermatitis Urticaria PetAllergy VenomAllergy DrugAllergy LatexAllergy ChronicOtitisMedia Mastocytosis Asthma AutoimmuneDisease AutoimmuneDiseaseOverview AntiphospholipidSyndrome ConnectiveTissueDiseases GastrointestinalDiseases RheumatoidArthritis AutoimmuneThyroidDisease Vasculitis HowtoTest HowtoTestOverview AllergyTestingOptions AutoimmunityTestingOptions ResourceCenter AllergenEncyclopedia ContactUs Home AutoimmuneDiseases   UnderstandingAutoimmuneDisease Currentlytherearemorethan120differentautoimmunediseases.Althoughperceivedasrare,autoimmunediseasesaffectupto8percentofthepopulation.1 About AutoimmuneDisease Frequentlythesediseases,whenundiagnosedanduntreated,areassociatedwithapoorprognosisforthepatient.Inmanyautoimmunediseases,particularlyearlyinthediseasecourse—whenitismostmodifiable—patientsoftenpresentwithoverlappingclinicalfeatures,makingdiagnosisbysymptomsalonenearlyimpossible.1 Usingclinicaldiagnosticsfromyourlocalpathologylaboratorytolookbeneaththesurfaceinthisclinicallychallengingfieldcanprovidekeydiagnosticcluestoaidyourdifferentialdiagnosis.Thiscanmeanthatyourpatientisdiagnosedsoonerinthecourseoftheirdiseaseandreceivetreatmentthatcanpotentiallyhaveasignificantimpactonprognosis. Diagnosisandtreatmentiskeytohelpingpatientsmanagesymptomsforarangeofautoimmunediseases,whichinclude:  AntiphospholipidSyndrome(APS) ConnectiveTissueDiseases(CTD) GastrointestinalDisease(GI) RheumatoidArthritis(RA) ThyroidDisease  Vasculitis  ExploreTypesofAutoimmuneDisease APS CTD GIDisease Gastro RA RA ThyroidDisease Vasculitis Thyroid Vasculitis 75%ofpeoplewithautoimmunediseasearewomen.3 Whileautoimmunediseasesaffectmillionsofpeopleworldwide,womenaremoreatrisk. Autoimmunediseasesinwomen:Athreattowomen2 Datahighlightsthatgenderbiastowardfemalesishigh(9:1)3inthemajorityofautoimmunediseases,andprevalencecanbeespeciallyhighincertaindiseases,suchasthyroiddiseases,systemiclupuserythematosus(SLE),andSjögren’s syndrome.Thesediseasesalsodominatethelistofthetop10leadingcausesofdeathamongwomen.4 Dependingontheautoantibodyinvolved,autoimmunediseasescanmanifestthemselvesandbeclassifiedaseitherorganspecificorsystemic.   Thespectrumofautoimmunediseases Organ-specificdiseasesexamplesinclude: Hashimoto’sthyroiditis Celiacdisease(CD) Inflammatoryboweldisease(IBD) Systemicdiseasesexamplesinclude: Rheumatoidarthritis(RA) Sjögren’sSyndrome Systemiclupuserythematosus(SLE) Vasculitis  Inmanyautoimmunediseases,patientsoftenpresentwithoverlappingclinicalfeatures, makingdifferentialdiagnosisbysymptomsalonenearlyimpossible.1 LearnmoreaboutspecificAIdiseases   AutoimmuneDisease Learnabouttestingforautoimmunediseases TestingOptions References ProgressinAutoimmuneDiseaseResearch.NationalInstituteofHealth,AutoimmuneDiseaseCoordinatingCommittee.2005,www.niaid.nih.gov/sites/default/files/adccfinal.pdf.AccessedDecember2017. AutoimmuneDiseaseResearchCenterattheJohnsHopkinsMedicalInstitutions.BroadSpectrumofAutoImmuneDisease.http://autoimmune.pathology.jhmi.edu/whatis_spectrum.cfm.AccessedOctober2017. Ngo,ST,SteynFJ,McCombePA.GenderDifferencesinAutoimmuneDisease.FrontiersinNeuroendocrinology.2014;347-369.www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091302214000466#s0180.AccessedOctober2017. Walsh,SJ,RauLM. AutoimmuneDiseases:ALeadingCauseofDeathamongYoungandMiddle-AgedWomenintheUnitedStates. AmJPublicHealth. 2000;90:1463-1465.