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

301 Pages·2005·1.242 MB·English

by  Robert G. Lahita, Ina L. Yalof

WOMEN

A
N
D

AUTOIMMUNE

DISEASE

The Mysterious Ways Your Body Betrays Itself
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ★ FIBROMYALGIA
JUVENILE DIABETES ★ GRAVES’ DISEASE
LUPUS ★ RHEUMATIC FEVER
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME ★ ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ★ PANDAS
SCLERODERMA ★ SJÖGREN’S SYNDROME
VASCULITIS ★ ALOPECIA
ROBERT G. LAHITA, M.D., Ph.D.
WITH INA YALOF
To George and Pauline
Contents

PART ONE
What Is an Autoimmune Disease? 1
CHAPTER ONE
THE IMMUNE SYSTEM 3
CHAPTER TWO
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES 18
PART TWO
The Autoimmune Diseases 35
CHAPTER THREE
THE ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME 37
CHAPTER FOUR
IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA 51
CHAPTER FIVE
TYPE 1 JUVENILE DIABETES 61
CHAPTER SIX
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS 74
CHAPTER SEVEN
PANDAS 88
CHAPTER EIGHT
STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION AND
RHEUMATIC FEVER 97
CHAPTER NINE
VASCULITIS 105
CHAPTER TEN
SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS 116
CHAPTER ELEVEN
ALOPECIA UNIVERSALIS 132
CHAPTER TWELVE
SJÖGREN’S SYNDROME 143
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
AUTOIMMUNE THYROID DISEASE 155
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE OF THE LIVER 161
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
SCLERODERMA 168
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
POLYMYOSITIS AND DERMATOMYOSITIS 182
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS 190
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
FIBROMYALGIA, CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME,
AND SILICONE IMPLANT SYNDROME 203
PART THREE
Treatments 213
CHAPTER NINETEEN
DRUGS AND OTHER THERAPIES 215
CHAPTER TWENTY
ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY
THERAPIES 236
GLOSSARY 257
SUGGESTED READING 267
HELPFUL ORGANIZATIONS 273
INDEX 275
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PART ONE
What Is an Autoimmune Disease?
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