Wednesday's 'Word'

[DonnaBoll]

autoimmune -

This word refers to a disease in which the body's immune (protection or resistance) system attacks healthy cells.

Other autoimmune diseases include lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, celiac, sjogrens syndrome, multiple sclerosis, polymyalgia rheumatica, Type 1 diabetes, alopecia areata, vasculitis, and inflammatory bowel disease - there are more than 80 of them.

[teddybear7]

I’ve just seen this Donna, & by doing so have just found out that the Polymyalgia rheumatica is yet another. Autoimmune, they have thrown at me. This takes me to 6 since my PBC diagnosis. Fed up now. Especially as after 2 years this PMR is not going away. Thanks for your informative posts. They are appreciated as now I know. T x