Autoimmunity FAQS - Where Does Autoimmunity Strike?
Adapted by Tracee Cornforth
Because autoimmune diseases can affect almost any organ or system of the body, one way to group them is by the body system(s) they attack. The following is a list (not inclusive) of body systems and the autoimmune diseases that can affect them.
Blood and blood vessels
- Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
- Pernicious anemia
- Polyarteritis nodosa
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Wegener's granulomatosis
Digestive tract (including the mouth)
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Behçet's disease
- Crohn's disease
- Primary bilary cirrhosis
- Scleroderma
- Ulcerative colitis
Eyes
- Sjögren's syndrome
- Type 1 diabetes mellitus
- Uveitis
Glands
- Graves' disease
- Thyroiditis
- Type 1 diabetes mellitus
Heart
- Myocarditis
- Rheumatic fever
- Scleroderma
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
Joints
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
Kidneys
- Glomerulonephritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Type 1 diabetes mellitus
Lungs
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleroderma
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
Muscles
- Dermatomyositis
- Myasthenia gravis
- Polymyositis
Nerves and brain
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Multiple sclerosis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
Skin
- Alopecia areata
- Pemphigus/pemphigoid
- Psoriasis
- Scleroderma
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Vitiligo
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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
