Acute pancreatitis is an acute inflammation of the pancreas resulting from an auto-digestion of the gland. In 75–80% of cases, acute pancreatitis is a self-limiting disease that subsides spontaneously, but 20–25% of acute pancreatitis are severe, characterized by the development Read More …
Category: Autoimmune Disease Condition
Autoimmune Orchitis – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Autoimmune orchitis defined as the inflammation of the testicle unilaterally or bilaterally usually caused by viruses and bacteria inflammatory infiltrates in the testis (orchitis), epididymis (epididymitis), and vas deferens (vasitis) is a relevant cause of decreased fecundity in males, and Read More …
Autoimmune Myocarditis – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Autoimmune myocarditis is an autoimmune disease that affects the heart. The condition is characterized by inflammation of the heart muscle (myocardium). Some people with autoimmune myocarditis have no noticeable symptoms of the condition. When present, signs, and symptoms may include chest pain, Read More …
Myocarditis – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Myocarditis also known as inflammatory cardiomyopathy is an uncommon, potentially life-threatening disease significant cause of sudden death and nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, especially in the young. It include bacterial and protozoal infections, toxins, drug reactions, autoimmune diseases, giant cell myocarditis, and Read More …
Autoimmune Inner-Ear Disease – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Autoimmune inner-ear disease refers to a progressive, bilateral, although often asynchronous, sensorineural hearing loss, and vestibular function presumed autoimmune condition in which there is sudden or rapidly progressive fluctuating sensorineural hearing loss in the absence of any other neurologic or systemic immunologic Read More …
AIH /Lupoid Hepatitis – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
AIH /Lupoid Hepatitis /Autoimmune hepatitis refers to chronic and progressive inflammation of the liver from an unknown cause that is characterized by a loss of immune tolerance against liver antigens, resulting in progressive destruction of the hepatic parenchyma and histologically Read More …
Autoimmune Chronic Active Hepatitis – Symptoms, Treatment
Autoimmune Chronic Active Hepatitis/Autoimmune hepatitis refers to chronic and progressive inflammation of the liver from an unknown cause that is characterized by a loss of immune tolerance against liver antigens, resulting in progressive destruction of the hepatic parenchyma and histologically Read More …
Autoimmune Hepatitis – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Autoimmune hepatitis refers to chronic and progressive inflammation of the liver from an unknown cause that is characterized by a loss of immune tolerance against liver antigens, resulting in progressive destruction of the hepatic parenchyma and histologically by interface hepatitis, Read More …
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a neurologic disorder in which a person presents with visual disturbance, seizure, headaches, and altered mentation. This activity reviews the clinical presentation, etiology, epidemiology, pathophysiology, evaluation, differential diagnosis, treatment and management, prognosis, and complications Read More …
Rasmussen’s Encephalitis – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a very rare, chronic inflammatory neurological disease that unilateral inflammation of the cerebral cortex, drug-resistant epilepsy, progressive neurological drug-resistant focal epilepsy, hemiplegia, cognitive decline, with unihemispheric brain atrophy, and cognitive deterioration that usually affects only one Read More …