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March 28th, 2012 by Autoimmune Disease Symptoms
Review”The authors use first-person accounts to illustrate their advice on coping simultaneously with symptoms and the challenges of the workplace; developing a financial plan; communicating with coworkers, employers, and loved ones; building a support team; and balancing work and family responsibilities. A little book with lots of useful advice; recommended.”— Library Journal”An essential resource and [...]
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March 28th, 2012 by Autoimmune Disease Symptoms
Sue Shouldis of Middletown, MD, age 61, began to see the humor in what she’d been through after she started feeling better. A mysterious, debilitating illness crept in and stole her health, her job as a legal assistant and her satisfying life in Florida. In retrospect, though, it seemed kind of funny that food had [...]
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March 27th, 2012 by Autoimmune Disease Symptoms
Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disease characterized by a metabolic imbalance resulting from overproduction of thyroid hormones (thyrotoxicosis). Graves’ disease can have an effect on many parts of the body such as the nervous system, eyes, skin, hair/nails, lungs, digestive system, muscles/bones and reproductive system. The most common form of hyperthyroidism is Graves’ disease. In [...]
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March 27th, 2012 by Autoimmune Disease Symptoms
Crohn’s disease (also known as regional enteritis) is a chronic, episodic, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and is generally classified as an autoimmune disease. Crohn’s disease can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus as a result, the symptoms of Crohn’s disease vary among afflicted individuals. The disease is characterized by [...]
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March 26th, 2012 by Autoimmune Disease Symptoms
It is alarming to know that every year diabetes mellitus kills more than 70,000 United States residents and about 20 million people in U. S. alone suffer from this disease. Five in hundred people in the U. K. are affected with diabetes. In Canada about 6 per cent of their population is with diabetes mellitus [...]
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March 26th, 2012 by Autoimmune Disease Symptoms
Classical Addison’s disease results from a loss of both cortisol and aldosterone secretion due to the near total or total destruction of both adrenal glands. These glands form part of the endocrine system, which works with the nervous system and the immune system to help the body cope with different events and stresses. It helps [...]
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March 25th, 2012 by Autoimmune Disease Symptoms
The most common cause of thyroid disorders in industrialized countries including the U.S. is autoimmune thyroid disease. The disease process is caused by thyroid antibodies, also called auto-antibodies sent from the immune system that mistakenly recognize the thyroid gland an an intruder. The thyroid autoimmunity will then cause hormone imbalance resulting in either hypothyroidism (underactive) [...]
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March 25th, 2012 by Autoimmune Disease Symptoms
Celiac disease is an inherited, autoimmune disease in which the lining of the small intestine is damaged from eating gluten and other proteins found in wheat, barley, rye, and possibly oats. Celiac disease is a digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food. People who have celiac disease [...]
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March 24th, 2012 by Autoimmune Disease Symptoms
Graves Disease: Graves’ disease is one of the most common autoimmune diseases, affecting 13 million people and targeting women seven times as often as … more about Graves Disease. Graves Disease: A form of hyperthyroidism where the thyroid gland produces too much thyroxine which results in various symptoms such as goiter, protruding eyes and [...]
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March 24th, 2012 by Autoimmune Disease Symptoms
Addison’s disease (chronic adrenal insufficiency) is a rare and progressive disorder that affects between one and six in every 100,000 people. It occurs in all age groups and afflicts men and women equally. Addison’s disease is caused by the inability of the adrenal glands to make sufficient amounts of regulating hormones. The adrenal cortex (the [...]
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