Autoimmune Association Blog Articles

Women who have been recently diagnosed with a thyroid disease may be overwhelmed, especially if it is in combination with becoming a new...

Diabetes mellitus is the metabolic disorder characterized by high blood glucose (sugar) level caused by decreased produce of insulin from pancreas or due...

Encephalitis represents inflammation of the brain tissue. Very often encephalitis engages and spinal cord and then it is called encephalomyelitis. Sometimes the brain...

The triad of upper esophageal webs(small growth of tissue in esophagus) , dysphagia and iron deficiency anemia is called as Pulmmer-Vinson syndrome. It...

Hashimoto thyroiditis is the autoimmune chronic inflammation of the thyroid gland leads to an underproduction thyroid hormones (hypothyroidism). This is the most common...

Transverse myelitis is a neurological condition caused by inflammation of the spinal cord resulting in axonal demyelination . It is often develops after...

Acute Pancreatitis is an inflammatory process of variable severity; most episodes of acute pancreatitis are self-limiting and associated with mild transitory symptoms that...

Cogan syndrome is rare autoimmune-mediated rheumatic disorder characterized by recurrent cornea inflammation, fever, weight loss and hearing loss. It can lead the patient...

Caplan syndrome is a pulmonary fibrosis in a people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have been exposed to a mining dusts (coal, silica,...