Autoimmune diseases arise when the immune system mistakenly targets and damages the body’s cells and tissues as though they were foreign invaders. This widespread category of illnesses, such as ...

Doctor after doctor misdiagnosed or shrugged off Ruth Wilson’s rashes, swelling, fevers and severe pain for six years. She saved her life by begging for one more test in an emergency room about to ...

A new type of vaccine developed by researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) has shown in the lab setting that it can completely reverse autoimmune ...

Out of 70% of all autoimmune disease patients in India, women are women. Here are the signs that you need to watch out for.

Autoimmune diseases comprise more than 80 different diseases that have in common a burden on health systems and are of unknown etiology. In general, in most countries, autoimmune diseases affect an ...

Autoimmune neurological diseases are conditions where the immune system attacks nerve cells. Damage to neuronal cells can lead to a variety of neurologic and psychiatric symptoms. Autoimmune diseases ...

Researchers have developed an "inverse vaccine" that reverses the damage caused when the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s healthy organs and tissues in autoimmune diseases like multiple ...

Fatigue, joint pain, rashes, brain fog or tingling in the hands and feet can seem like normal signs of aging—but they may also point to an autoimmune disease. These potentially disabling and often ...

The researchers found positive associations for celiac disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, and type 1 diabetes with pancreatic, esophageal, colon, liver, and hepatobiliary cancers. HealthDay News — ...

This article was reviewed by Knox Beasley, MD. You might associate autoimmune conditions with symptoms like skin disease, chronic pain, and fatigue. A less-discussed symptom of autoimmune diseases?

Endometriosis is not officially considered an autoimmune disease. However, experts believe it may develop because of immune system dysregulation (when the immune system isn’t functioning as it should) ...