It seems like everyone I talk to has a diagnosis of some new autoimmune condition. What is going on? Your observation is accurate. Autoimmune diseases are rising worldwide, and it’s not purely ...

When Lisa experienced increasingly severe fatigue and joint pain, she visited five doctors over three years before receiving an autoimmune diagnosis. Her story isn’t unusual—most autoimmune ...

Autoimmune diseases are a complex group of conditions where the immune system, which is designed to protect our bodies from harmful invaders, starts attacking its own tissues. Some examples of ...

Both polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are autoimmune conditions. They make your immune system attack your joints. These conditions have many similarities, but they have ...

When your doctor tells you that you have rheumatoid arthritis (RA), they may also say it's an autoimmune disease. You might not think it has anything in common with conditions like type 1 diabetes ...

Vitamin D supplements really do prevent people developing an autoimmune disease, at least for those over 50, in a study providing the first evidence of a causal link between the two. Previous ...

Having Covid-19 increases a person’s risk of developing an autoimmune disease in the year after infection, a large study out of South Korea and Japan reports, but vaccination helps decrease that ...

But skin picking can be a symptom of autoimmune conditions, too. The symptoms of some autoimmune conditions create a situation where skin picking becomes a regular habit. Let’s take a look at ...

Autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis happen when the immune system is inadvertently activated, mistakenly attacking the body's tissues and organs. Though it is known ...

To better understand the profile of autoimmune disorders among Indian patients with psoriasis, the researchers recruited 80 consecutive patients with chronic plaque psoriasis from an outpatient ...