Because autoimmune diseases can affect almost any organ or system of the body, one way to group them is by the body system(s) they attack. The following is a list (not inclusive) of body systems and the autoimmune diseases that can affect them.
Blood and blood vessels
* Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
* Pernicious anemia
* Polyarteritis nodosa
* Systemic lupus erythematosus
* Wegener?s granulomatosis
Digestive tract (including the mouth)
* Autoimmune hepatitis
* Behcet?s disease
* Crohn?s disease
* Primary bilary cirrhosis
* Scleroderma
* Ulcerative colitis
Eyes
* Sjogren syndrome
* Type 1 diabetes mellitus
* Uveitis
Glands
* Graves disease
* Thyroiditis
* Type 1 diabetes mellitus
Heart
* Myocarditis
* Rheumatic fever
* Scleroderma
* Systemic lupus erythematosus
Joints
* Ankylosing spondylitis
* Rheumatoid arthritis
* Systemic lupus erythematosus
Kidneys
* Glomerulonephritis
* Systemic lupus erythematosus
* Type 1 diabetes mellitus
Lungs
* Rheumatoid arthritis
* Sarcoidosis
* Scleroderma
* Systemic lupus erythematosus
Muscles
* Dermatomyositis
* Myasthenia gravis
* Polymyositis
Nerves and brain
* Guillain-Barre syndrome
* Multiple sclerosis
* Systemic lupus erythematosus
Skin
* Alopecia areata
* Pemphigus/pemphigoid
* Psoriasis
* Scleroderma
* Systemic lupus erythematosus
* Vitiligo
http://www.newsrx.com/library/topics/Autoimmune-Disease.htmlNice List! Bookmarkable!Wow, I look at the list and my family has had a whole lot of those conditions. My grandmother alone has vitiligo, pernicious anemia, and alopecia aerata. Her brother (my great uncle) had the RA in our family.Good to know...
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