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Which hypothyroid condition is thought to be caused by autoimmune factors?
Hashimoto's disease is the most common hypothyroid condition caused by autoimmune factors.
Which condition does the body turn against itself and mistakenly attack normal cells?
This is called autoimmune.
What happens to the pancreas when diabetes is a non communicable disease?
Diabetes is a non-communicable disease. It is the condition when your pancreas stops producing insulin.
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 disease could result if many T-cells are destroyed in this manner?
If many T-cells are destroyed, it could result in a weakened immune system, leading to increased susceptibility to infections, autoimmune diseases, and certain cancers. This condition is known as immunodeficiency.
Does type 2 diabetes mellitus have autoimmune destruction of beta cells in pancreas?
an autoimmmune disease is defined as a disease caused by someones immune system kind of going into overdrive and attacking cells it would not otherwise attack (it only should attack germs and viruses and stuff that makes you sick). in the case of type 1 diabetes, the immune system has attacked cells in the pancreas that produce insulin.
Is chickenpox autoimmune?
Chickenpox is not an autoimmune disease. Chickenpox is a viral communicable disease.
Is graves dusease a autoimmune disorder?
Yes, Graves' disease is an autoimmune disease.
Is ankylosing spondylitis an autoimmune disease?
Yes, ankylosing spondylitis is an autoimmune disease.
What is a autoimmune disorder caused by hyperthyroidism?
Grave's Disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis are two that I know of. Grave's tends to have a steady stream of hyperthyroid symptoms while in Hashimoto's tyroiditis it might start out hyperthyroid and as the antibodies attack it will eventually dwindle down to hypothyroidism. Somtimes there will be bursts of hyperthyroid behavior as the thryoid gland is destroyed by antibodies in Hashimoto's thryoiditis.
In diabetes does the body attack itself?
Diabetes is not an autoimmune disease. It is a failure by the pancreas (more specifically, the Isles of Langerhans, which are in the pancreas) to produce sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin, which then leads to difficulty in metabolizing sugar, and a whole range of problems resulting from that.
