One of the functions of a healthy immune system to protect the body from organisms that can harm it such as bacteria and viruses. This is a very important function. If your immune system did not fight foreign invaders, you would quickly get sick and die. However, for some people, the immune system becomes overactive and begins attacking the very cells it should be protecting. This can lead to a variety of autoimmune diseases.
This list of autoimmune diseases has been provided by The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association. (1) It is a list of all known autoimmune diseases. It does not, however, include some conditions that may or may not be associated with autoimmune diseases. In the case of eczema, for example, there is conflicting evidence about whether eczema is autoimmune related – it can be, but not always, so eczema did not make the list.
Knowing if a disease you suffer from is autoimmune related can help you know how to better manage your condition. Many people have been able to find relief from symptoms by taking natural supplements and eating a healthy diet tailored to reducing inflammation and improving gut health.
| Achalasia | Dermatitis herpetiformis | Lichen sclerosus | Primary biliary cirrhosis |
| Addison’s disease | Dermatomyositis | Ligneous conjunctivitis | Primary sclerosing cholangitis |
| Adult Still’s disease | Devic’s disease (neuromyelitis optica) | Linear IgA disease (LAD) | Progesterone dermatitis |
| Agammaglobulinemia | Discoid lupus | Lupus | Psoriasis |
| Alopecia areata | Dressler’s syndrome | Lyme disease chronic | Psoriatic arthritis |
| Amyloidosis | Endometriosis | Meniere’s disease | Pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) |
| Ankylosing spondylitis | Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) | Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) | Pyoderma gangrenosum |
| Anti-GBM/Anti-TBM nephritis | Eosinophilic fasciitis | Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) | Raynaud’s phenomenon |
| Antiphospholipid syndrome | Erythema nodosum | Mooren’s ulcer | Reactive Arthritis |
| Autoimmune angioedema | Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia | Mucha-Habermann disease | Reflex sympathetic dystrophy |
| Autoimmune dysautonomia | Evans syndrome | Multifocal Motor Neuropathy (MMN) or MMNCB | Relapsing polychondritis |
| Autoimmune encephalomyelitis | Fibromyalgia | Multiple sclerosis | Restless legs syndrome (RLS) |
| Autoimmune hepatitis | Fibrosing alveolitis | Myasthenia gravis | Retroperitoneal fibrosis |
| Autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED) | Giant cell arteritis (temporal arteritis) | Myositis | Rheumatic fever |
| Autoimmune myocarditis | Giant cell myocarditis | Narcolepsy | Rheumatoid arthritis |
| Autoimmune oophoritis | Glomerulonephritis | Neonatal Lupus | Sarcoidosis |
| Autoimmune orchitis | Goodpasture’s syndrome | Neuromyelitis optica | Schmidt syndrome |
| Autoimmune pancreatitis | Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis | Neutropenia | Scleritis |
| Autoimmune retinopathy | Graves’ disease | Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid | Scleroderma |
| Autoimmune urticaria | Guillain-Barre syndrome | Optic neuritis | Sjögren’s syndrome |
| Axonal & neuronal neuropathy (AMAN) | Hashimoto’s thyroiditis | Palindromic rheumatism (PR) | Sperm & testicular autoimmunity |
| Baló disease | Hemolytic anemia | PANDAS | Stiff person syndrome (SPS) |
| Behcet’s disease | Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) | Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) | Subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE) |
| Benign mucosal pemphigoid | Herpes gestationis or pemphigoid gestationis (PG) | Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) | Susac’s syndrome |
| Bullous pemphigoid | Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) (Acne Inversa) | Parry Romberg syndrome | Sympathetic ophthalmia (SO) |
| Castleman disease (CD) | Hypogammalglobulinemia | Pars planitis (peripheral uveitis) | Takayasu’s arteritis |
| Celiac disease | IgA Nephropathy | Parsonage-Turner syndrome | Temporal arteritis/Giant cell arteritis |
| Chagas disease | IgG4-related sclerosing disease | Pemphigus | Thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) |
| Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) | Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) | Peripheral neuropathy | Tolosa-Hunt syndrome (THS) |
| Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) | Inclusion body myositis (IBM) | Perivenous encephalomyelitis | Transverse myelitis |
| Churg-Strauss Syndrome (CSS) or Eosinophilic Granulomatosis (EGPA) | Interstitial cystitis (IC) | Pernicious anemia (PA) | Type 1 diabetes |
| Cicatricial pemphigoid | Juvenile arthritis | POEMS syndrome | Ulcerative colitis (UC) |
| Cogan’s syndrome | Juvenile diabetes (Type 1 diabetes) | Polyarteritis nodosa | Undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) |
| Cold agglutinin disease | Juvenile myositis (JM) | Polyglandular syndromes type I, II, III | Uveitis |
| Congenital heart block | Kawasaki disease | Polymyalgia rheumatica | Vasculitis |
| Coxsackie myocarditis | Lambert-Eaton syndrome | Polymyositis | Vitiligo |
| CREST syndrome | Leukocytoclastic vasculitis | Postmyocardial infarction syndrome | Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease |
| Crohn’s disease | Lichen planus | Postpericardiotomy syndrome |
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