Autoimmune Disease

The immune system depends on the body’s structures to help it function. For instance, the skin acts as the “body’s first line of defense.” If a pathogen finds a breach in the skin barrier, it is the circulatory system that must now signal the immune system of the invader. Shortly after, white blood cells will be notified of the infection and will target and destroy the pathogen.

The body’s protection against viruses, bacteria and other types of invasions is our immune system (Tortora, 2014).

One in every 20 Americans suffer from at least one autoimmune disease. So there is a good chance that you or someone you know is suffering from one of these diseases right now.

Lupus is a rare and crippleing disease. This disease is as rare as it is hard to undertand. Lupus being a not well known disease is hard to pinpoint. This disease causes insufferable pain and body problems. Such a terrible disease causes syptoms like swelling muscles, joint pains, general inflamations, organ failures, and overall fatigue. Lupus is an autoimmune disease ( AKA the autoimmune sytem attacking itself). This autoimmune disease is most common in youge woman in birth bearing age. With little known reason

Our bodies were specifically designed to fight off diseases organically through the use of our immune system. When an antigen enters our bodies, our immune system immediately acknowledges its presence and produces antibodies to fight off the foreign organism. The antibodies will search for the disease organism and will dismantle it when found. The next time the body comes in contact with

The immune system is made up of trillions of specialised cells (white blood cells) that detect and destroy pathogens or their toxins. Some white blood cells, which are

Humans experienced numerous problems throughout history. Some of these problems were natural disasters, war, hunger, or diseases. Nevertheless, these problems are caused by nature or other humans, but now humans recognized another problem that is caused by the human himself, it is called autoimmune diseases when the human himself becomes the enemy. One of the most known autoimmune diseases is lupus that has many characteristics and symptoms that can affect someone's life greatly.

An Autoimmune disease is very serious condition that affects millions of people around the world. Lupus is one of those Autoimmune diseases.

To understand autoimmune diseases, the general characteristic of autoimmunity must be addressed. Autoimmunity is defined, in short, as “ misdirected immune response”. A healthy person is equipped with the mechanisms necessary to defend the body from pathogens within the immune system. When autoimmunity is present in an individual, something within the immune system is

Tobacco smoking is one of the single most powerful environmental factors in contracting autoimmune disease. Tobacco smoking alters many inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Ankylosing Spondylitis id an example of an inflammatory and autoimmune disease. It mainly affects joints in the spine and the sacroiliac joint in the pelvis, and can cause eventual fusion of the spine. Men are affected more by this disease than women. There are also other numerous symptoms that come along with autoimmune disease that include: insulin-dependent diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis. The thyroid gland is one of the most common areas of the body that are infected by autoimmune disease. The immune system is predicated on the accuracy in which it attacks pathogens and unwanted infections in the body. Autoimmune disease disrupts that accuracy, causing the immune system to inaccurately attack infections and in most cases, attack its own self-benefiting molecules. Surgery is often the remedy to deal with these different types of infections due to autoimmune disease. Thyroid surgery is one of the many types of surgery that is performed. A nodule or lobe of the thyroid is sometimes removed for biopsy or for the presence of an autonomously functioning adenoma

With autoimmune diseases, the underlying issue is similar. The body's immune system becomes unable to recognize healthy cells from diseased cells. Consequently, the immune’s own defense mechanism produces antibodies that attack the normal tissues and cells. Autoimmune diseases

Lupus crept into my life when I was least expecting it, but when it came, it pierced my life and my body. At the most unsuspecting moments, my back ignites in flames and my joints swell up, augmenting my pain to the extent where my entire body becomes numb. Weekly doctor visits, bi-weekly therapy

Most lupus patients are followed very closely by many different types of physicians and specialist due to the multisystem organ involvement. These doctors may include but are not limited to Rheumatologist who specializes in diseases of the joints; there are also Nephrologists the kidney doctor, the Optometrist doctor for the eyes, the Neurologist for the brain and central nervous system, the Cardiologist for the heart and the Primary Care Physician. All of these doctors work together to manage S.L.E. It literally takes a team to help the patient manage and cope with the changes someone with lupus will undergo throughout the entire disease process.

Have you ever wondered how your body works? Did you ever think about how your body defends itself from outside invaders? Remember the last time you were sick. Did you know how your body fought and killed the sickness? All these questions can be answered by learning about one of the most important systems in your body, the immune system.

Our immune system is the second most complex system in our body. It is made up of organs, cells and proteins that work together to protect our bodies from harmful bacteria, viruses or other microorganisms that can cause diseases. Usually we don’t notice our immune system defending us against pathogens, but if the pathogen (harmful microorganism) is aggressive or if our body hasn’t ever come into contact with it, we can get sick. The jobs of our immune system are to recognise pathogens, as well as neutralise and remove them from our body. Our immune system also has to fight our own cells if they have changed due to an illness, for example, cancer. (1)