How is a weak immune system diagnosis
Autoimmune Diseases - Causes, Symptoms, Treatments & More…
your body's immune system protects you
from disease and infection but if you
have an autoimmune disease your immune
system attacks healthy cells in your
body by mistake
autoimmune diseases can affect many
parts of the body no one is sure what
causes autoimmune diseases it do tend to
run in families women particularly
African American Hispanic American and
Native American women have a higher risk
for some autoimmune diseases
there are more than 80 types of
autoimmune diseases and some have
similar symptoms this makes it hard for
your healthcare provider to know if you
really have one of these diseases and if
so which one getting a diagnosis can be
frustrating and stressful often the
first symptoms are fatigue muscle aches
and a low fever the classic sign of an
autoimmune disease is inflammation which
can cause redness heat pain and swelling
the diseases may also have flare-ups
when they get worse and remissions when
symptoms get better or disappear
treatment depends on the disease but in
most cases one important goal is to
reduce inflammation sometimes doctors
prescribe corticosteroids or other drugs
that reduce your immune response
