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Is IBM an autoimmune disease?
No, IBM, or Inclusion Body Myositis, is not classified as an autoimmune disease. It is a progressive inflammatory muscle disorder characterized by muscle weakness and wasting, primarily affecting the proximal muscles. While autoimmune mechanisms may play a role in its pathology, it is distinct from typical autoimmune diseases, which involve an immune response against the body's own tissues.
What disease is characterized by an autoimmune attack on myelin in the CNS?
it is multiple sclerosis
Which is a autoimmune disorder caused by hyperthyroidism is characterized by goiter or exophthalmos?
While many things can cause a goiter, a goiter and exophthalmos are symptoms of the autoimmune disease, Graves' disease.
What is the name of a autoimmune disease characterized by patches of unmyelinated nerve fibers?
multiple sclerosis (MS)
What is the autoimmune disease is characterized by patches of demyelinated nerve fibers?
Multiple Sclerosis (Also known as MS)
What disease of the body attacks its own cells?
You are referring to autoimmune disease - there are many depending on what systems in the body are effected.Graves disease and Hashimoto thyroiditis are forms of autoimmune thyroid disease -Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of the joints -Lupus is a condition characterized by chronic inflammation of body tissues, also autoimmune -Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease of the connective tissue, it causes scar tissue to form where there is no injury -
Is rubella an autoimmune disease?
Rubella is an infectious disease. It is not an autoimmune disease.
What is relapsing polychondritis?
a disease characterized by autoimmune-like episodic or progressive inflammation of cartilage and other connective tissue,
What is the chronic disease characterized by muscle weakness especially in the face and throat?
Myasthenia gravis
Which chronic autoimmune disease produces serious weakness of the voluntary muscles?
Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease marked by muscle weakness and fatigue. The symptoms are activated when the immune system produces antibodies that interfere with the transmission of nerve signals to skeletal (voluntary) muscle. As a result, the affected muscles cannot contract normally.
The autoimmune disease characterized by the abnormal production of IgM antibodies that attack IgG type antibodies is called?
rheumatic arthritis
Is chickenpox autoimmune?
Chickenpox is not an autoimmune disease. Chickenpox is a viral communicable disease.
