Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Autoimmunity and Inflammation

Treatment for autoimmune diseases generally focuses on reducing immune system activity. Inflammation is a process by which the body's white blood cells and substances they produce protect us from infection with foreign organisms, such as bacteria and viruses. However, in some diseases, like arthritis, the body's defence system -- the system -- triggers an inflammatory response when there are no foreign invaders to fight off. In these diseases, called autoimmune diseases, the body's normally protective system causes damage to its own tissues. Inflammations are often classified as either acute or chronic. Prolonged inflammation, mentioned as chronic inflammation, leads to a progressive shift within the type of cells present at things of inflammation, like mononuclear cells. Conversely, there's pathology where microbial invasion doesn't cause the classic inflammatory response – for instance, parasitosis or eosinophilia. Inflammation is not a synonym for infection. Inflammation on the opposite hand describes purely the body's immunovascular response, regardless of the cause could also be. But due to how often the 2 are correlated, words ending within the suffix -itis (which refers to inflammation) are sometimes informally described as pertaining to infection.

• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Multiple sclerosis
• Graves' disease
• Myasthenia gravis
• Vasculitis
• Swollen joint that's sometimes warm to the touch
• Loss of joint function

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Allergy and Clinical Immunology Conference | Allergen Conference | Allergic Conference | Anaphylactic shock Conference | Anaphylaxis Conference | Tolerate | Sensitivity | Intolerant Conference | Hypoallergenic Conference | Hypersensitive Conference | Innate Immunity | Immunogenetics Conference | Immunologic Neuropathies | Immunodiagnostics Conference | Immune Tolerance Conference.

Related Societies and Associations: American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI), American Board of Allergy and Immunology (ABAI), Asociacion de Alergia, Asma e Inmunologia "Buenos Aires" (AAIBA), Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (CSACI), Canadian Society for Immunology (CSI), Macedonian Society for Basic, Clinical Immunology & Allergology (MSBCIA), Norwegian Society for Immunology (NSI), Australasian Society for Immunology (ASI), Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists (AMLI), International Cytokine Society (ICS), Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB), Society for Immunology and Immunopathology (SIIP), Federation Of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS).