Auto Immune Disease

Auto Immune Disease Understanding Auto Immune Disease and Its Treatments Autoimmune diseases are characterized by an abnormal response to a normally harmless substance or an excessive response to a normally harmless substance. An auto-immune disorder can be inherited, acquired, and the condition can even be the result of a reaction to a normal dietary component. While there is no one test for auto-immune disease, doctors generally look for certain antibodies in order to confirm the diagnosis and then proceed with treatment. There are basically two kinds of auto-immune diseases - Idiopathic Autoimmune Disease and Systemic Autoimmune Disease. For Idiopathic Autoimmune Disease doctors usually look for markers such as GAD, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, fibromyalgia, reactive arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome, etc. In systemic autoimmune disease doctors look for markers such as Neuophilitis,  Lupus, multiple sclerosis, autoimmune thyroid disease and Lupus. Allergies are not considered to be au...