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    This document provides a list of over 100 diseases that are confirmed autoimmune diseases or for which there is strong evidence of autoimmune origins. Some of the major autoimmune diseases included are: Addison's disease, celiac disease, diabetes type 1, Graves' disease, Guillain-Barré syndrome, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome, and vitiligo. Many of the diseases have multiple names they are also known by. The list is extensive and covers a wide spectrum of autoimmune conditions.

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    This document provides a list of over 100 diseases that are confirmed autoimmune diseases or for which there is strong evidence of autoimmune origins. Some of the major autoimmune diseases included are: Addison's disease, celiac disease, diabetes type 1, Graves' disease, Guillain-Barré syndrome, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome, and vitiligo. Many of the diseases have multiple names they are also known by. The list is extensive and covers a wide spectrum of autoimmune conditions.

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    This document provides a list of over 100 diseases that are confirmed autoimmune diseases or for which there is strong evidence of autoimmune origins. Some of the major autoimmune diseases included are: Addison's disease, celiac disease, diabetes type 1, Graves' disease, Guillain-Barré syndrome, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome, and vitiligo. Many of the diseases have multiple names they are also known by. The list is extensive and covers a wide spectrum of autoimmune conditions.

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    The document provides an extensive list of over 100 autoimmune diseases and disorders, along with their alternative names and descriptions.

    Some of the autoimmune diseases mentioned include systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, celiac disease, and myasthenia gravis.

    Common symptoms of autoimmune diseases can include fatigue, joint pain, skin rashes, digestive issues, neurological problems, and organ dysfunction depending on which body systems are affected.

    Sarah Ballantyne, PhD

    The Spectrum of Autoimmune Diseases


    The following is a list of diseases that are either confirmed autoimmune diseases or for which there is very
    strong scientific evidence for autoimmune origins:
    brachial neuropathy (also
    A Acute
    known as acute brachial radiculitis,
    neuralgic amyotrophy, brachial
    neuritis, brachial plexus neuropathy,
    brachial plexitis, and ParsonageTurner syndrome)

    Atrophic polychondritis (also known


    as systemic chondromalacia and
    relapsing polychondritis)

    Besnier-Boeck disease (also known


    as sarcoidosis)

    Autoimmune angioedema

    Bladder pain syndrome (also known


    as interstitial cystitis)

    Autoimmune aplastic anemia (also


    known as aplastic anemia)

    Bickerstaffs encephalitis

    Acute parapsoriasis (also known as


    acute guttate parapsoriasis, acute
    pityriasis lichenoides, parapsoriasis
    varioliformis, Mucha-Habermann
    disease, and parapsoriasis or
    pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis
    acuta)

    Autoimmune hepatitis

    Brachial neuritis (also known as


    brachial plexus neuropathy, brachial
    plexitis, Parsonage-Turner syndrome,
    acute brachial neuropathy, acute
    brachial radiculitis, and neuralgic
    amyotrophy)

    Autoimmune hyperlipidemia

    Bullous pemphigoid

    Addisons disease (also


    known as chronic adrenal
    insufficiency, hypocortisolism, and
    hypoadrenalism)

    Autoimmune pancreatitis

    Adult linear IgA disease (also known


    as linear IgA disease)

    Autoimmune polyendocrine
    syndrome (APS)

    Agammaglobulinemia

    Autoimmune polyglandular
    syndrome, Types 1, 2, and 3

    Acute disseminated
    encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
    Acute necrotizing hemorrhagic
    leukoencephalitis

    Allergic granulomatosis (also known


    as Churg-Strauss syndrome)
    Alopecia areata (AA; also known as
    spot baldness)
    American trypanosomiasis (also
    known as Chagas disease)
    Amyloidosis
    Anaphylactoid purpura (also known
    as purpura rheumatica and HenochSchnlein purpura)
    Angiofollicular lymph node
    hyperplasia (also known as
    Castlemans disease, giant lymph
    node hyperplasia, and lymphoid
    hamartoma)
    Ankylosing spondylitis (AS; also
    known as Bekhterevs disease and
    Marie-Strmpell disease)
    Anti-GBM or anti-TBM nephritis
    Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS
    or APLS; also known as Hughes
    syndrome)
    Aplastic anemia (also known as
    autoimmune aplastic anemia)
    Arthritis psoriatica (also known as
    arthropathic psoriasis and psoriatic
    arthritis)
    Arthropathic psoriasis (also known
    as arthritis psoriatica and psoriatic
    arthritis)

    Autoimmune cardiomyopathy
    Autoimmune dysautonomia
    Autoimmune hemolytic anemia

    Autoimmune immunodeficiency
    Autoimmune inner ear disease
    (AIED)
    Autoimmune myocarditis
    Autoimmune peripheral neuropathy
    (also known as peripheral
    neuropathy)

    Autoimmune progesterone
    dermatitis
    Autoimmune retinopathy
    Autoimmune thrombocytopenic
    purpura (ATP; also known as
    thrombotic thrombocytopenic
    purpura and idiopathic
    thrombocytopenic purpura)
    Autoimmune thyroid disease
    Autoimmune urticaria
    Autoimmune uveitis (also known as
    uveitis)
    Axonal and neuronal neuropathies

    disease (also known as Balo


    B Balo
    concentric sclerosis)
    Behets disease (also known as
    Silk Road disease)

    Bekhterevs disease (also known as


    ankylosing spondylitis and MarieStrmpell disease)
    Benign mucosal pemphigoid (also
    known as cicatricial pemphigoid,
    benign mucous membrane
    pemphigoid, scarring pemphigoid,
    and ocular cicatricial pemphigoid)
    Bergers disease (also known as
    IgA nephropathy and synpharyngitic
    glomerulonephritis)

    disease (also
    C Castlemans
    known as giant lymph node
    hyperplasia, lymphoid hamartoma,
    and angiofollicular lymph node
    hyperplasia)
    Celiac disease (also known as
    coeliac disease and celiac sprue)
    Chagas disease (also known as
    American trypanosomiasis)
    Chorea minor (also known as
    Sydenhams chorea)
    Chronic adrenal insufficiency
    (also known as hypocortisolism,
    hypoadrenalism, and Addisons
    disease)
    Chronic focal encephalitis (CFE;
    also known as Rasmussens
    encephalitis)
    Chronic inflammatory demyelinating
    polyneuropathy (CIDP)
    Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis (also
    known as Hashimotos thyroiditis)
    Chronic recurrent multifocal
    ostomyelitis (CRMO)
    Chronic urticaria as a manifestation
    of venulitis (also known as urticarial
    vasculitis)
    Churg-Strauss syndrome (also
    known as allergic granulomatosis)
    Cicatricial pemphigoid (also known
    as benign mucosal pemphigoid)
    Cogans syndrome
    Cold agglutinin disease
    Congenital heart block
    Coxsackie viral myocarditis
    Cranial arteritis (also known as
    Horton disease, giant cell arteritis,
    and temporal arteritis)
    CREST syndrome (also known
    as limited systemic sclerosis or
    scleroderma)

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    Crohns disease
    Crow-Fukase syndrome (also
    known as Takatsuki disease, PEP
    syndrome, and POEMS syndrome)

    thyroiditis (also known


    H Hashimotos
    as chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis)
    Hashimotos encephalitis or
    encephalopathy

    Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis


    (CFA; also known as idiopathic
    pulmonary fibrosis and fibrosing
    alveolitis)

    Henoch-Schnlein purpura (also


    known as anaphylactoid purpura
    and purpura rheumatica)
    Herpes gestationis (also known as
    gestational pemphigoid)

    neuropathies (also
    D Demyelinating
    known as idiopathic inflammatory
    Dermatomyositis (DM)

    Horton disease (also known as giant


    cell arteritis, temporal arteritis, and
    cranial arteritis)

    Devics disease (also known as


    neuromyelitis optica)

    Hughes syndrome (also known as


    antiphospholipid syndrome)

    Diabetes mellitus type 1 (also known


    as insulin-dependent diabetes and
    type 1 diabetes)

    Hypocortisolism (also known as


    hypoadrenalism, Addisons disease,
    and chronic adrenal insufficiency)

    Discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE)

    Hypogammaglobulinemia

    demyelinating diseases)

    Dresslers syndrome (also known as


    postmyocardial infarction syndrome)

    Duhrings disease (also known as


    dermatitis herpetiformis)

    Idiopathic inflammatory
    demyelinating diseases (also known
    as demyelinating neuropathies)

    Endocarditis lenta (also known as


    subacute bacterial endocarditis)

    Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF;


    also known as cryptogenic fibrosing
    alveolitis and fibrosing alveolitis)

    Endometriosis
    Eosinophilic esophagitis or
    gastroenteritis

    Idiopathic thrombocytopenic
    purpura (ITP; also known as
    thrombocytopenic purpura and
    autoimmune thrombocytopenic
    purpura)

    Eosinophilic fasciitis
    Erythema nodosum
    Erythroblastopenia (also known as
    pure red cell aplasia)
    Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia
    Evans syndrome
    Experimental allergic
    encephalomyelitis (EAE)

    (also known as
    F Fibrosingalveolitis
    idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and

    Giant lymph node hyperplasia (also


    known as lymphoid hamartoma,
    angiofollicular lymph node
    hyperplasia, and Castlemans
    disease)
    Glomerulonephritis
    Goodpastures syndrome

    Graves disease
    Guillain-Barr syndrome (also
    known as Landrys paralysis and
    Miller Fisher syndrome)

    Ligneous conjunctivitis
    Limited systemic sclerosis (also
    known as limited systemic
    scleroderma and CREST syndrome)
    Linear IgA disease (LAD; also
    known as adult linear IgA disease)
    Lupus (also known as systemic
    lupus erythematosus)
    Lyme disease, chronic
    Lymph node syndrome (also known
    as mucocutaneous lymph node
    syndrome and Kawasaki disease)
    Lymphoid hamartoma (also known
    as angiofollicular lymph node
    hyperplasia, Castlemans disease,
    and giant lymph node hyperplasia)

    syndrome (also
    M Marchiafava-Micheli
    known as paroxysmal nocturnal
    hemoglobinuria)
    Marie-Strmpell disease (also
    known as ankylosing spondylitis
    and Bekhterevs disease)
    Mnires disease
    Microscopic polyangiitis (also
    known as microscopic polyarteritis)

    Mixed connective tissue disease


    (MCTD; also known as Sharps
    syndrome)

    Interstitial cystitis (also known as


    bladder pain syndrome)
    Juvenile diabetes (also known as
    diabetes mellitus type 1, insulindependent diabetes, and type 1
    diabetes)

    syndrome (also known


    K Kawasaki
    as Kawasaki disease, lymph node
    syndrome, and mucocutaneous
    lymph node syndrome)

    Lichen sclerosus

    IgG4-related sclerosing disease

    Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (also


    known as juvenile idiopathic arthritis
    and Stills disease)

    Granulomatosis with polyangiitis


    (GPA; also known as Wegeners
    granulomatosis)

    Lichen planus

    Miller Fisher syndrome (also known


    as Guillain-Barr syndrome and
    Landrys paralysis)

    Insulin-dependent diabetes (also


    known as type 1 diabetes and
    diabetes mellitus type 1)

    pemphigoid (also known


    G Gestational
    as herpes gestationis)

    Leukocytoclastic vasculitis

    IgA nephropathy (also known as


    synpharyngitic glomerulonephritis
    and Bergers disease)
    Inclusion body myositis

    cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis)

    Giant cell arteritis (also known as


    temporal arteritis, cranial arteritis,
    and Horton disease)

    Idiopathic inflammatory bowel


    disease (includes both Crohns
    disease and ulcerative colitis)

    Landrys paralysis (also known as


    Miller Fisher syndrome and GuillainBarr syndrome)

    Kussmaul-Maier disease (also


    known as polyarteritis nodosa)
    Lambert-Eaton syndrome
    (also known as Lambert-Eaton
    myasthenic syndrome)

    Moersch-Woltman condition (also


    known as stiff person syndrome)
    Moorens ulcer
    Mucha-Habermann disease
    (also known as acute guttate
    parapsoriasis, acute parapsoriasis,
    acute pityriasis lichenoides,
    and parapsoriasis or pityriasis
    lichenoides et varioliformis acuta)
    Mucocutaneous lymph node
    syndrome (also known as lymph
    node syndrome and Kawasaki
    disease)
    Multiple sclerosis
    Myasthenia gravis
    Myositis

    N Narcolepsy
    Neuromyelitis optica (also known as
    Devics disease)
    Neutropenia

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    cicatricial pemphigoid
    O Ocular
    (also known as benign mucous

    Progressive hemifacial atrophy


    (also known as Parry Romberg
    syndrome)

    membrane pemphigoid and scarring


    pemphigoid)

    Psoriasis

    Optic neuritis

    Psoriatic arthritis (also known as


    arthritis psoriatica and arthropathic
    psoriasis)

    Ords thyroiditis
    Ormonds disease (also known as
    retroperitoneal fibrosis)

    Pure red cell aplasia (also known as


    erythroblastopenia)

    P Paraneoplastic cerebellar
    Palindromic rheumatism

    Purpura rheumatic (also known as


    Henoch-Schnlein purpura and
    anaphylactoid purpura)

    degeneration
    Parapsoriasis varioliformis (also
    known as Mucha-Habermann
    disease acute guttate parapsoriasis,
    acute parapsoriasis, acute pityriasis
    lichenoides, parapsoriasis or
    pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis
    acuta)

    Pyoderma gangrenosum

    encephalitis (also
    R Rasmussens
    known as chronic focal encephalitis)
    Raynauds phenomenon, disease,
    or syndrome
    Reactive arthritis (also known as
    Reiters syndrome)

    Paroxysmal nocturnal
    hemoglobinuria (PNH; also known
    as Marchiafava-Micheli syndrome)

    Reflex sympathetic dystrophy


    Reiters syndrome (also known as
    reactive arthritis)

    Parry-Romberg syndrome (also


    known as progressive hemifacial
    atrophy)

    Relapsing polychondritis (also


    known as atrophic polychondritis
    and systemic chondromalacia)

    Pars planitis (also known as


    peripheral uveitis)

    Restless legs syndrome (also known


    as Willis-Ekbom disease)

    Parsonage-Turner syndrome
    (also known as acute brachial
    neuropathy, acute brachial
    radiculitis, neuralgic amyotrophy,
    brachial neuritis, brachial plexus
    neuropathy, and brachial plexitis)
    Pediatric autoimmune
    neuropsychiatric disorders
    associated with streptococcus
    (PANDAS)
    Pemphigus vulgaris
    PEP syndrome (also known as
    POEMS syndrome, Crow-Fukase
    syndrome, and Takatsuki disease)
    Peripheral neuropathy (also
    known as autoimmune peripheral
    neuropathy)
    Perivenous encephalomyelitis
    Pernicious anemia
    POEMS syndrome (also known as
    Crow-Fukase syndrome, Takatsuki
    disease, and PEP syndrome)
    Polyarteritis nodosa (also known as
    Kussmaul-Maier disease)
    Polymyalgia rheumatica
    Polymyositis (PM)
    Postmyocardial infarction syndrome
    (also known as Dresslers syndrome)
    Postpericardiotomy syndrome
    Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC)
    Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)

    Retinocochleocerebral vasculopathy
    (also known as Susacs syndrome)

    Stills disease (also known as


    juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and
    juvenile idiopathic arthritis)
    Subacute bacterial endocarditis
    (SBE; also known as endocarditis
    lenta)
    Susacs syndrome (also known as
    retinocochleocerebral vasculopathy)
    Sydenhams chorea (also known as
    chorea minor)
    Sympathetic ophthalmia (SO)
    Synpharyngitic glomerulonephritis
    (also known as Bergers disease
    and IgA nephropathy)
    Systemic chondromalacia (also
    known as relapsing polychondritis
    and atrophic polychondritis)
    Systemic lupus erythematosus
    (SLE; also known as lupus)

    disease (also known as


    T Takatsuki
    PEP syndrome, POEMS syndrome,
    and Crow-Fukase syndrome)
    Takayasus arteritis or disease
    Temporal arteritis (also known as
    giant cell arteritis, cranial arteritis,
    and Horton disease)

    Rheumatic fever

    Thrombocytopenic purpura
    (TTP; also known as idiopathic
    thrombocytopenic purpura and
    autoimmune thrombocytopenic
    purpura)

    Rheumatoid arthritis

    Tolosa-Hunt syndrome

    Sarcoidosis (also known as BesnierBoeck disease)

    Transverse myelitis

    Retroperitoneal fibrosis (also known


    as Ormonds disease)

    Stiff person syndrome (also known


    as Moersch-Woltman condition)

    Scarring pemphigoid (also known


    as ocular cicatricial pemphigoid
    and benign mucous membrane
    pemphigoid)
    Schmidts syndrome (also known
    as autoimmune polyendocrine
    syndrome type 2)
    Schnitzler syndrome

    Type I diabetes (also known as


    diabetes mellitus type 1 and insulindependent diabetes)
    Types 1, 2, and 3 autoimmune
    polyglandular syndrome

    colitis
    U Ulcerative
    Undifferentiated connective tissue
    disease (UCTD)

    Scleroderma

    Urticarial vasculitis (also known as


    chronic urticaria as a manifestation
    of venulitis)

    Sharps syndrome (also known as


    mixed connective tissue disease)

    Uveitis (also known as autoimmune


    uveitis)

    Scleritis

    Sicca syndrome (also known as


    Sjgrens syndrome)
    Silk Road disease (also known as
    Behets disease)
    Sjgrens syndrome (also known as
    Sicca syndrome)
    Sperm and testicular autoimmunity
    Spot baldness (also known as
    alopecia areata)

    V Vasculitis
    Vesiculobullous dermatosis
    Vitiligo

    granulomatosis (also
    W Wegeners
    known as granulomatosis with
    polyangiitis)
    Willis-Ekbom disease (also known
    as restless leg syndrome)

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