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People of all ethnicities are vulnerable to autoimmune diseases. No one is immune.
Estimates place the number of people with autoimmune diseases at 1 in 12. In the United States it is 23.5 million according to the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association. www.aarda.org
Autoimmune and rheumatic diseases can be difficult to diagnose. People with the same disease can have very different symptoms. A helpful strategy in the diagnosis of these diseases is to find and identify an autoantibody in the person's blood
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While a Autoimmune disorder can cause problems for a person and the combination of possum urine and feces sounds like a reasonably foul concoction it should not prove to be more of a problem then under any other circumstance. The biggest problem for people with autoimmune diseases is the treatment they are undergoing for it, as these often lead to a lowering of resistance to disease. However these people are in more danger from their fellow humans that are prone to carry the diseases that humans carry.
Lupus is a chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune disease that can affect any part of the body including the thyroid. People who have one autoimmune disease usually have other autoimmune diseases in overlap. It is possible for lupus to affect the thyroid, but autoimmune thyroid disease like Hashimoto's thyroiditis could be responsible.
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There is no scientific data that proves that acupuncture can help psoriasis. But some people claim they have found relief with acupuncture. Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease and acupuncture has been shown to help with arthritis and multiple sclerosis which are also autoimmune diseases.
Raynauds occurs in autoimmune people when the nerves that control the blood supply to the hands and feet "misfire" and tell those blood vessels to close down. There are many thyroid diseases, some are autoimmune like Raynaud's. Frequently if a person has one autoimmune disease, they have others. However, thyroid and Raynaud's are not directly linked.
Plasmapheresis is a process in which the plasma is separated from the blood cells. People with autoimmune diseases are sometimes treated with this procedure. The plasma is disposed of and the cells are reintroduced to the body with other fluids.
Lupus does not cause vitiligo. Both lupus and vitiligo are autoimmune diseases. People who have one autoimmune disease often have more than one. Lupus and vitiligo can occur in the same person at the same time, but there is no cause and effect relationship between the two.
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