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Autoimmune diseases (ADs) include nearly 100 unrelated disorders that have one thing in common. They're all caused by an immune system defect or malfunction. ADs may be systemic, targeting various organs or they may be organ-specific, targeting one organ. GD is an organ-specific disorder. My book, Autoimmune Diseases and Their Environmental Triggers will be released in 2002.
What exactly are Autoimmune Diseases? How Autoimmune Diseases Develop Many individuals have more than one autoimmune disorder. Autoimmune disorders that often coexist with GD include gluten sensitivity, pernicious anemia, Sjogrens disease, systemic lupus, antiphospholipid disease, primary biliary cirrhosis, mixed conntetive tissue disease, chronic active hepatitis, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Drug Related Lupus and Graves' Disease |
