She has got divorced, bought a house and had an autoimmune condition diagnosed.

Having lived with alopecia for more than 50 years between them, they have learned the autoimmune condition doesn't have to define them.

It seems to be an irreversible and incurable autoimmune condition affecting the lungs but also other organs, including the skin, the glands, the bronchia and the heart.

I was diagnosed with alopecia areata, an autoimmune condition that causes bald spots.

About one in 100 people have coeliac disease, an autoimmune condition where eating gluten triggers harmful inflammation of the digestive system.

The inquest was told it was 'probable' the surgery triggered a flare-up of a rare autoimmune disorder which led to multiple organ failure.

A protein has been discovered in the brains of people who have the autoimmune disorder that could help to determine why it develops, and be a target for future interventions.

Each will be present in a certain percentage of people who have a particular autoimmune disorder.

This can be caused by a disorder of the adrenal glands, autoimmune disorder.

Those who have more than one autoimmune disorder may have several detectable autoantibodies.

Mucous membrane pemphigoid, an autoimmune reaction to the epithelial basement membrane, causes desquamation/ulceration of the oral mucosa.

Therefore, mechanisms for their protection must exist in this organ to prevent any autoimmune reaction.

Chronic symptoms from an autoimmune reaction could explain why some symptoms persist even after the spirochetes have been eliminated from the body.

Other doctors believe that the initial infection may cause an autoimmune reaction that continues to cause serious symptoms even after the bacteria have been eliminated by antibiotics.

Many cases have no obvious cause; others have been attributed to viral illness, allergic reactions to food or insect stings, and autoimmune reactions, where antibodies attack the body's own defences.

The autoimmune response subsequently leads to the destruction of parietal cells, which leads to profound hypochlorhydria (and elevated gastrin levels).

Suggested theories include tumor production of plakin proteins which initiate an autoimmune response against them, and cross-reactivity of tumor antigens and epidermal antigens.

Exactly how altered regulatory thresholds allow the triggering of a specific autoimmune response remains uncertain.

This mutation would induce an autoimmune response and inhibit fertility.

The conjunctiva can become inflamed due to an infection or an autoimmune response.