Autoimmune Disease FAQS -Questions and Answers About Autoimmunity
This set of FAQs answers questions about autoimmunity. To learn more about autoimmunity, your immune system, or autoimmune diseases, speak with your healthcare provider. Don't forget to check out the Appendices for further understanding and information about specific autoimmune diseases, as well as other valuable information for patients and caregivers.- What is Autoimmunity?
- What
Causes Autoimmunity
- What
Kinds of Problems Are Caused by Autoimmunity?
- Where
Does Autoimmunity Strike?
- How
Are Autoimmune Diseases Diagnosed?
- How
Are Autoimmune Diseases Treated?
- What
Types of Doctors Treat Autoimmune Diseases?
- What
Are Some Other Problems Related to Autoimmune
Diseases?
- What
Research Is Being Conducted To Help People With Autoimmune
Diseases?
- Where
Can People Find More Information About
Autoimmunity?
- Appendix I: Glossary of Terms
- Appendix II: Glossary of Diseases
- Acknowledgments
Suggested Reading: Living Well With Autoimmune Disease: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You... That You Need To Know by Mary J. Shomon
Adapted
from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal
and Skin Diseases NIAMS/National Institutes of Health (NIH)
1 AMS Circle
Bethesda, MD 20892-3675
NIH Publication No. 02-4858
