TOPIC: Complete List Autoimmune Diseases

From the American Autoimmune Related Association Org

www.aarda.org

• Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
• Acute necrotizing hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis
• Addison's disease
• Agammaglobulinemia
• Allergic asthma
• Allergic rhinitis
• Alopecia areata
• Amyloidosis
• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Anti-GBM/Anti-TBM nephritis
• Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)
• Autoimmune aplastic anemia
• Autoimmune dysautonomia
• Autoimmune hepatitis
• Autoimmune hyperlipidemia
• Autoimmune immunodeficiency
• Autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED)
• Autoimmune myocarditis
• Autoimmune pancreatitis
• Autoimmune retinopathy
• Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (ATP)
• Autoimmune thyroid disease
• Axonal &; neuronal neuropathies
• Balo disease
• Behcet's disease
• Bullous pemphigoid
• Cardiomyopathy
• Castleman disease
• Celiac sprue
• Chagas disease
• Chronic fatigue syndrome
• Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
• Chronic recurrent multifocal ostomyelitis (CRMO);
• Churg-Strauss syndrome
• Cicatricial pemphigoid/benign mucosal pemphigoid
• Crohn's disease
• Cogans syndrome
• Cold agglutinin disease
• Congenital heart block
• Coxsackie myocarditis
• CREST disease
• Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia
• Demyelinating neuropathies
• Dermatitis herpetiformis
• Dermatomyositis
• Devic's disease (neuromyelitis optica)
• Discoid lupus
• Dressler's syndrome
• Endometriosis
• Eosinophilic fasciitis
• Erythema nodosum
• Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis
• Evans syndrome
• Fibromyalgia**
• Fibrosing alveolitis
• Giant cell arteritis (temporal arteritis)
• Glomerulonephritis
• Goodpasture's syndrome
• Graves' disease
• Guillain-Barre syndrome
• Hashimoto's encephalitis
• Hashimoto's thyroiditis
• Hemolytic anemia
• Henoch-Schonlein purpura
• Herpes gestationis
• Hypogammaglobulinemia
• Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
• IgA nephropathy
• IgG4-related sclerosing disease
• Immunoregulatory lipoproteins
• Inclusion body myositis
• Insulin-dependent diabetes (type1)
• Interstitial cystitis
• Juvenile arthritis
• Juvenile diabetes
• Kawasaki syndrome
• Lambert-Eaton syndrome
• Leukocytoclastic vasculitis
• Lichen planus
• Lichen sclerosus
• Ligneous conjunctivitis
• Linear IgA disease (LAD)
• Lupus (SLE)
• Lyme disease, chronic
• Meniere's disease
• Microscopic polyangiitis
• Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)
• Mooren's ulcer
• Mucha-Habermann disease
• Multiple sclerosis
• Myasthenia gravis
• Myositis
• Narcolepsy
• Neuromyelitis optica (Devic's)
• Neutropenia
• Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid
• Optic neuritis
• Palindromic rheumatism
• PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcus)
• Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration
• Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)
• Parry Romberg syndrome
• Parsonnage-Turner syndrome
• Pars planitis (peripheral uveitis)
• Pemphigus
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Perivenous encephalomyelitis
• Pernicious anemia
• POEMS syndrome
• Polyarteritis nodosa
• Type I, II, & III autoimmune polyglandular syndromes
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Polymyositis
• Postmyocardial infarction syndrome
• Postpericardiotomy syndrome
• Progesterone dermatitis
• Primary biliary cirrhosis
• Primary sclerosing cholangitis
• Psoriasis
• Psoriatic arthritis
• Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
• Pyoderma gangrenosum
• Pure red cell aplasia
• Raynauds phenomenon
• Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
• Reiter's syndrome
• Relapsing polychondritis
• Restless legs syndrome
• Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
• Rheumatic fever
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Sarcoidosis
• Schmidt syndrome
• Scleritis
• Scleroderma
• Sjogren's syndrome
• Sperm & testicular autoimmunity
• Stiff person syndrome
• Subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE)
• Susac's syndrome
• Sympathetic ophthalmia
• Takayasu's arteritis
• Temporal arteritis/Giant cell arteritis
• Thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)
• Tolosa-Hunt syndrome
• Transverse myelitis
• Ulcerative colitis
• Undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD)
• Uveitis
• Vasculitis
• Vesiculobullous dermatosis
• Vitiligo
• Wegener's granulomatosis

**NOTE Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue are listed, not because they are autoimmune, but because many persons who suffer from them have associated autoimmune disease(s)

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Hi Debra,

When I go to the doctors on Tuesday how will they determine what autoimmune disease I have? Also, I was looking at my results and from the bloodwork and it says 187 for RF by nephlometry but negative under ANA screen. This makes me think that I don't have an autoimmune disease???

Hi S,

I'm sorry I did not see this until this morning. The fact that ANA is negative is a very good thing. That may rule out AI diseases like Lupus, Sjogren's others associated with ANA. If you show a positive lab to Rf, then there is a higher probability of RA. According to a book I have on the Rf lab test, the odds are 75% that it's RA but that leaves a 25% chance that it could be something else. That's why it's important that your Rheumatologist continues to examine your signs and symptoms. There are other criteria for a diagnosis. And remember catching any disease development in it's early stage is a very good thing. With a little work and medication it's possible to keep it at bay for years or forever.

I found a support board sponsored by the Arthritis foundation where you might find a few more answers and questions to ask your new Rheumatologist on your first appointment. Let me know if this is helpful and I'll make another post for this support community. I do seem to get a few clients with RA or at least the beginning stages of it.

http://community.arthritis.org/forums/Topic4284586-1831-1.aspx

One last thing....gluten sensitivity and Celiac disease are highly associated with RA. A gluten-free diet has been shown to reduce inflammation in the body...also reducing RA symptoms.

note:

Gluten has been associated with may other autoimmune diseases such as Type 1 diabetes, Lupus, Sjogren's, Rheumatoid arthritis, Endometriosis and MS. These diseases/conditions are inheritable and run along family lines. If there is an autoimmune disease in your family please make sure you are screened properly.

One more note of importance; many grains (wheat, rye, oats, lentils) are being sprayed with glyphosate, also known as RoundUp, as a desiccant just prior to harvest. In many cases leaving very high levels of residue of this herbicide and its metabolites in the foods many eat on a daily basis. I would highly recommend, if you are eating gluten containing grains or gluten-free grains, buy organic. Organic foods prohibit the use of toxic herbicides or pesticides, known to disrupt beneficial gut bacteria.