autoimmune disorder

1. Any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues (synset 114210860)
   is a type of: disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
   subtypes:

   • myasthenia, myasthenia gravis - a chronic progressive disease characterized by chronic fatigue and muscular weakness (especially in the face and neck); caused by a deficiency of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junctions
   • disseminated multiple sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, ms, multiple sclerosis - a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
   • autoimmune diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, iddm, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile diabetes, juvenile-onset diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, type i diabetes - severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease
   • exophthalmic goiter, graves' disease - exophthalmos occurring in association with goiter; hyperthyroidism with protrusion of the eyeballs
   • atrophic arthritis, rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis - a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint
   • ankylosing spondylitis, marie-strumpell disease, rheumatoid spondylitis - a chronic form of spondylitis primarily in males and marked by impaired mobility of the spine; sometimes leads to ankylosis
   • discoid lupus erythematosus, dle - a chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40; characterized by an eruption of red lesions over the cheeks and bridge of the nose
   • hashimoto's disease - autoimmune disorder of the thyroid gland; most common in middle-aged women
   • le, lupus erythematosus - a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
   • pemphigus - a skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membrane
   • dermatosclerosis, scleroderma - an autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin
   • idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, purpura hemorrhagica, thrombocytopenic purpura, werlhof's disease - purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors
   has: autoimmunity - production of antibodies against the tissues of your own body; produces autoimmune disease or hypersensitivity reactions
   same as: autoimmune disease

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