Autoimmune Diseases

Roughly 50 million Americans are living with an autoimmune disease—which occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks your own body—and 75% of them are women. Each autoimmune disease is different, but many share overlapping symptoms such as fatigue, muscle aches, joint pain, and inflammation.
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What Is Lethargy—And How Do You Treat It?
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What Are Basophils?
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How Is Alopecia Treated?
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Signs and Symptoms of Alopecia
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What I Wish I Knew About Alopecia's Impact on Mental Health
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What Is a Weak Immune System? Here's How Doctors Explain It
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How Abortion Bans Are Affecting Access to Methotrexate, a Crucial Treatment for Autoimmune Disease
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FDA Approves Olumiant, a New Drug to Treat Alopecia Areata
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Vitamin D and Fish Oil Supplements May Reduce the Risk of Autoimmune Disease in Older Adults
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Jada Pinkett Smith Reveals Hair Loss From Alopecia
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9 Autoimmune Diseases Every Woman Needs to Know About
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What Is Celiac Disease Rash?
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9 Symptoms of Celiac Disease You Should Know
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What Are Invisible Illnesses?
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UCTD Was the Cause of My Years of Fatigue and Muscle Weakness
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Venus Williams Talks About Changing Her Diet To Fight an Autoimmune Condition
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Lupus and the Sun
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How To Recognize the Common Signs of Lupus
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11 Celebrities With Lupus
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