Women and Autoimmune Disease The Mysterious Ways Your Body Betrays Itself

Name: Women and Autoimmune Disease The Mysterious Ways Your Body Betrays Itself
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ISBN: 9780060081508

ISBN-10: 0060081503

ISBN-13: 9780060081508

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Authors: Robert G. Lahita

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A cutting-edge examination of the mysterious world of autoimmune disease -- and the new discoveries made daily that may save women's lives Autoimmune diseases -- including chronic fatigue syndrome, vasculitis, juvenile diabetes, alopecia, Graves' disease, Sjgren's syndrome, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis -- are among the most devastating conditions afflicting women today and the most resistant to diagnosis and treatment. In all of them, the body's immune system begins to attack healthy and normally functioning cells. And one of the biggest puzzles is why 80 percent of autoimmune disease sufferers are women. In this groundbreaking book, world-class immunologist Dr.…

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List price: $20.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 7/5/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.22" wide x 8.94" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English



Introduction



What is an Autoimmune Disease?



The Immune System: First Line of Defense



Autoimmune Diseases



The Autoimmune Diseases



The Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Sticky Blood



Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Murder in the Village: The Case of the Homicidal Antibody



Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes: When Sweetness Falls from Grace



Multiple Sclerosis: Electricity without Insulation



Pandas: The Jekyll and Hyde Syndrome



Streptococcal Infection and Rheumatic Fever: A Bacterial Mime



Vasculitis: Destroyed Pipes



Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The Red Wolf



Alopecia Universalis: Bald All Over



Sjogren's Syndrome: Dry as a Desert



Autoimmune Thyroid Disease: Disabling the Body's Nuclear Reactor



Autoimmune Disease of the Liver: Lucky Woman Thrown by a Horse



Scleroderma: The Woman with Thick Skin



Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis: Ragged Fibers



Rheumatoid Arthritis: Like Swimming through a Bowl of Jell-O



Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Silicone Implant Syndrome: The Mystery Diseases



Treatments



Drugs and Other Therapies: Harnessing the Immune System



Alternative and Complementary Therapies: From Acupuncture to Zinc


Glossary


Suggested Reading


Helpful Organizations


Index