autoimmune
Immune system misfire
Autoimmune describes conditions where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own healthy cells and tissues.
Normally the immune system distinguishes self from foreign invaders; in autoimmune diseases this recognition fails.
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder.
Common autoimmune conditions include lupus, multiple sclerosis, and type 1 diabetes.
Proteins targeting pathogens
- T-cellsThymus-matured immune lymphocytes
- B-cellsAntibody-secreting immune cells
- lymphocytesAdaptive immunity cells
- cytokinesImmune signaling proteins
self-tolerance · thymus · inflammation · antigen · immunology · immunosuppression · autoantibodies
Chronic autoimmune disorder
Sudden intensifications of trouble
- remissionTemporary disease absence
- relapsingReturning to worse state
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- lifelongLasting entire existence
debilitating · fatigue · management · exacerbation · persistent · monitoring · painful · disabling
Drugs reducing body defenses
- biologicsDrugs derived from organisms
- corticosteroidsInflammation-suppressing steroid medications
- DMARDsMedications altering autoimmune course
- infusionSteeping to extract essence
rheumatologist · neurologist · endocrinologist · specialist · diagnosis · medication · therapy · methotrexate
Accepting your own imperfections
- anergyImmune system unresponsiveness
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- self-recognitionPerceiving oneself as distinct
antibodies
Proteins targeting pathogens
- T-cellsThymus-matured immune lymphocytes
- B-cellsAntibody-secreting immune cells
- lymphocytesAdaptive immunity cells
cytokines · self-tolerance · thymus · inflammation · antigen · immunology · immunosuppression · autoantibodies
lupus
Chronic autoimmune disorder
- celiacPertaining to the abdomen
- psoriasisImmune system attacks skin cells
- Crohn'sChronic intestinal inflammation disorder
Sjögren's · scleroderma · vasculitis · vitiligo · Addison's
flare-ups
Sudden intensifications of trouble
- remissionTemporary disease absence
- relapsingReturning to worse state
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
lifelong · debilitating · fatigue · management · exacerbation · persistent · monitoring · painful · disabling · unpredictable
immunosuppressants
Drugs reducing body defenses
- biologicsDrugs derived from organisms
- corticosteroidsInflammation-suppressing steroid medications
- DMARDsMedications altering autoimmune course
infusion · rheumatologist · neurologist · endocrinologist · specialist · diagnosis · medication · therapy · methotrexate · prednisone
self-tolerance
Accepting your own imperfections
- anergyImmune system unresponsiveness
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- self-recognitionPerceiving oneself as distinct
- Auto- wordsautomobile, autopilot, autocorrect, autobiography, autograph
- medical termsdiagnosis, disorder, surgery, disease, illness
- chronic illnesschronic pain, exhaustion, chronic fatigue, fatigue, malaise
- medical adjectivessurgical, cardiac, orthopedic, malignant, respiratory
- medical descriptorsacute, chronic, mild, moderate, severe
- liverliver, hepatic, bile, cirrhosis, hepatitis
autoimmuneinfectious
Able to spread disease
contagious · pathogenic · bacterial · viral · parasitic
autoimmuneimmunodeficient
Lacking disease resistance
immunocompromised · immunosuppressed · protective · immunocompetent
- autoimmune diseaseMisdirected immunity causing illness
- autoimmune disorderBody's defenses attack itself
- autoimmune responseBody's defenses attacking itself
autoimmunity, autoimmune disease, autoimmune diseases, autoimmune response