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Lupus, Type 1 diabetes, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, Scleroderma, Rheumatoid arthritis, Graves’ disease, Psoriasis, Celiac disease, Sjogren’s syndrome, Myasthenia gravis, ALS Lou Gerhigs Disease, Juvenile arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Vasculitis, Sarcoidosis and More...
Autoimmune Facts
- There are more than 100 known autoimmune diseases.
- 1 in 5 Americans or 20 percent of the population has an autoimmune disease.
- Approximately 75 percent of those affected are women. Autoimmune diseases are a leading cause of death among women and children in the United States.
- Autoimmunity is not related to AIDS (in which an acquired virus attacks the immune system), nor is it a form of cancer.
- Researchers have found “family clusters” of autoimmunity; persons with autoimmune diseases often find that many members of their family also have an autoimmune disease.
- Autoimmune diseases are not contagious or infectious, buy they can cause major organ damage and be life threatening.
- Lupus, Type 1 diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, Rheumatoid arthritis, Psoriasis, Celiac disease, Graves’ disease, Scleroderma, Myasthenia gravis, Juvenile arthritis, Ulcerative colitis, Fibromyalgia, Behcet’s disease, and 100 others.