Category Archives for Immune System
Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
The cause of this disease is still unknown. The following symptoms are usually indicative of the ailment however. There are also treatments that are showing promise.
Multiple Sclerosis Signs
The symptoms actually vary from person to person. The following signs are often reported though. The major one is muscle weakness. This isn’t just fatigue or physical exhaustion. The physical state actually makes it very hard to even walk.
Other sensations are feelings of numbness or there are needles in various...
Symptoms of MS
MS, which stands for multiple sclerosis, is also known by other names like encephalomyelitis disseminate and disseminated sclerosis. Classified as an autoimmune disease, patients usually suffer from immune response attacks on their very own central nervous system, particularly in the spinal cord and brain. These events often result to demyelination. When left untreated, this medical condition can lead to neuropsychiatric disorder and cognitive disability. Find out more about this health problem...
Allergy Symptoms
The most common disorder of the immune system is allergy. Allergy is a common reaction of the body to common allergens which are substances from the environment that can trigger the body’s hypersensitivity reaction resulting to various types of allergy symptoms.
The body’s hypersensitive reaction against the common allergens such as dust, pollens, and dander are due to the excessive reaction of the white blood cell to produce an antibody resulting to inflammatory responses and other allergy symptoms...
What Causes Lupus?
Lupus is an autoimmune diseases characterized by acute and chronic inflammation of various tissues of the body. Autoimmune diseases are illnesses that occur when the body’s tissues are attacked by its own immune system. The presence of large numbers of circulating autoantibodies against DNA, platelets, erythrocytes, nucleic acids and other nuclear materials (antinuclear antibodies – ANA). Immune complexes, especially those with anti – DNA antibody are deposited in connective tissue...
Symptoms of Lupus
Systemic lupus erythematosus, or simply lupus, is classified as a chronic autoimmune connective tissue disease. Patients usually experience tissue damage and inflammation, mainly because the immune system attacks the tissues and cells of the human body. The most common body parts affected by this chronic inflammatory disease are the nervous system, kidneys and liver. Furthermore, it can also affect blood vessels, joints and even the heart. To fight off the minor and major symptoms of lupus, patients...
Mono Symptoms
This health condition is most common among teenagers and adults in their 20s. But it can also strike people in their 40s. It is rarely seen in young children.
Mono Signs
The major symptom is a feeling of physical weakness. This can reach the point of total fatigue. Other early signs are loss of appetite and vomiting. Other patients feel nauseous and suffer from dizzy spells. Other common symptoms are swollen lymph nodes. Among some people the swelling appears in the armpits.
There is also pain in...
