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What blood test do you need to test for an auto immune disease?
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What to treat first in when you are diagnosed with Crohn disease?
Crohn's disease is a very serious auto-immune disease. Go to your doctor and follow his advice. You may need surgery. You will definitely be put on medication. It is not simple and it is life long. Good luck.
What if your C reactive protein was 19 you are only 29 and have been waking up with headaches and have had blood in your stool what does this mean?
The most common causes of an elevated CRP is infection and inflammation. Elevated CRP can also be caused by auto immune diseases like Crohns disease (its an inflammatory disease and can raise CRP levels). Symptoms of Crohns disease include: diarrhea, blood in the stool, abdominal pain and cramping, fatigue, weight loss and ulcers. Talk to your doctor about your symptoms since you may need further tests to find out what is causing your elevated CRP.
Is there a disease where you need blood transfusions every day?
Probably
Why do white blood cells need to function?
White blood cells are a key part of your body's defense system and practically control your immune system.
Why do you need to be injected with white blood cells?
White cell donation is used to help boost the immune system.
How do auto immune diseases work?
Autoimmune diseases are when the immune system mistakes healthy body tissue for invaders that need to be destroyed. So what happens is the body starts to attack itself and destroy its own tissues.
What is disease management?
Disease Management is dealing with the reality of a disease and preparing for it. Disease management is simply managing what you must do to keep your disease in check. Taking your medications daily and on time is disease management. Checking your blood pressure or blood sugar is disease management. Diabetics need to check the soles of their feet as part of their disease management.
What is the blood disease Anemia?
Anemia is when you have a contaminated blood stream and you need to see a doctor to confirm that you have contracted Anemia. You might need more white blood cells to fight it off.
What is the connection between Psoriasis and auto immune?
From eHealthMD:Evidence from recent research studies strongly suggests that psoriasis is a disorder of the immune system. Normally, the immune system defends the body from infection by bacteria, viruses, and other invaders. Sometimes, however, the immune system makes a mistake and attacks the cells, tissues, and organs of a person's own body. When this happens, the resulting disease is called an autoimmune disease. Many autoimmune diseases run in families.The theory that psoriasis is an autoimmune disease is based on the fact that scientists have found abnormally large numbers of T cells (a type of white blood cell) in the red, flaky skin patches of people with psoriasis. T cells are the infantry of the immune system. When the body senses a need to defend itself against infection, it first makes and then releases millions of T cells to fight off the invaders. Some t cells are normally found in skin. The presence of abnormally large numbers of T cells in skin affected by psoriasis suggests that the immune system is attacking the skin by mistake.(http://www.ehealthmd.com/library/psoriasis/pso_causes.html)
Where do rabbits get vitamins from?
most shops suck you in but you don't need to by any vitamins They get the vitamins from lots of food they eat. They are also immune to disease and only get disease at a young age rarely when they are older/ adult.
Why do you need vaccines?
We need vaccines to protect us from infectious diseases and to trigger the immune system to respond with production of antibodies made for that specific pathogen. See the related questions for more details of how this works.
I have had my blood tested for inflammation in my bones and the reults have come back as 28 what does this mean?
Blood tests can't specifically check for "inflammation in your bones." No information can be given about a result of "28" without the name of the test. Inflammation is often measured with a blood test called a CRP (C-reactive proteins). A high for CRP tests is around a 3. This can be caused by any number of things; heart disease, arthritis, tumors, auto-immune disease, or just fighting off a bad cold. A 28 would be out of range for this test though. It might have been a 2.8 if that was the test that was done. It sounds like you need to contact your doctor to confirm your results, and discuss what they might mean.
