Immune scavenger cells (green) crowd around muscle fibers (red), damaging them and causing muscle pain and weakness. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a previously unknown, rare muscle disease that can be treated with immunosuppressing drugs. Credit...
Tiredness, weakness, or muscle pain Fever Weight gain or loss, or no appetite Diarrhea, stomach cramps, or bloating Hair loss Rash or changes in skin color Red, inflamed eyesHow is an autoimmune disease diagnosed?Blood tests are used to measure the amount of inflammation in your body or to...
Multiple sclerosis(MS). Your immune system attacks nerve cells, causing symptoms that may include pain, blindness, weakness, poor coordination, and muscle spasms. Your doctor can use medicines that suppress your immune system to treat it. Read more on multiple sclerosis drugs and their side effect...
Muscle weakness Problems with balance and coordination Multiple sclerosis can also cause vision problems, bladder problems, and difficulty thinking or remembering. There is no cure for multiple sclerosis, but treatments are available to help manage symptoms and slow the progression of the disease. The...
with this condition, immune system proteins block the chemical connection between the nerves and muscles. this prevents muscles from contracting properly and leads to muscle weakness. muscles involved with breathing, arm and leg movement, eye and eyelid movement, chewing, talking, swallowing and ...
Feeling “wired and tired.” Weight gain or loss A general feeling of unease Muscle pain and weakness Stiffness and pain, including rheumatoid arthritis or fibromyalgia symptoms Exhaustion Digestive tract upset including irritable bowel disease (IBS) or Crohn's disease ...
Neurological disorderMultiple sclerosisFormation of sclerotic plaques in brain, leading to muscle weakness, ataxia, and other symptomsAutoreactive T cells against brain antigens Endocrine disorderType 1 diabetesHyperglycemia due to decreased insulin productionAutoreactive T cells against pancreatic islet β ce...
Frequent muscle pain and weakness Insomnia Poor cognitive function (foggy brain) Frequent colds/sickness Abdominal pain or constant bloating after eating Blood/mucus in your stool Tingling hands and/or feet To know for sure whether or not you have an autoimmune-related disease, you can take one ...
PURPOSE. A number of patients claim to suffer from diverse systemic symptoms after surgical placement of a polypropylene (PP) implant, including unexplained fatigue, joint pain, and muscle weakness. As these complaints could resemble systemic disease, or Autoimmune disease (AID), commotion among ...
including purpura and urticarial papules that depend on the condition of the blood vessel lesion.215Some patients show the nonspecific phenomenon such as Raynaud’s phenomenon of skeletal muscle pain and fatigue.227Almost half of primary SS patients can develop into systemic performance and invasion of...