Some autoimmune diseases are rare and some are very common. Doctors explain what symptoms to look for and how to get the right treatment for these confusing conditions.
Tummy troubles are ubiquitous and are often due to a virus or something you’ve eaten. But if they are persistent or flare up periodically along with more extreme symptoms like bloody stools, pain, night sweats, and fever, it could be irritable bowel syndrome, a group of autoimmune disorders that cause chronic inflammation of the digestive tract.
It makes sense that other autoimmune diseases involve gastric issues too: Seventy percent of the cells that control immunity reside in our guts—command central for the immune system. Scientists at Yale University are looking into a connection between lupus-like autoimmune diseases and a faulty gut barrier that allows gut bacteria to travel into organs.Our increased reliance on antibacterials for cleaning our homes and hands may be partly responsible for our out-of-whack immune systems.
fighting infections, so scientists are looking for ways to “reeducate” the immune system. “The immune system is really good at remembering the cells it needs to attack; we now have to learn how to redirect the immune response when it targets normal organs and tissues,” he says. “We have been making so much progress.” There is much more on the horizon, he adds, including gene therapy and possible vaccination.
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