Autoimmune Diseases
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When an intruder invades your body like a cold virus or bacteria on a thorn that pricks your skin—your immune system protects you. It tries to identify, kill and eliminate the invaders that might hurt you. But sometimes problems with your immune system cause it to mistake your body’s own healthy cells as invaders and then repeatedly attacks them. This is called an autoimmune disease. “Autoimmune” means immunity against self. Your immune system is a network of cells and tissues throughout your body that work together to defend you from invasion and infection. You can think of it as having two parts: the acquired and the innate immune systems. Autoimmune diseases refer to problems with the acquired immune system’s reactions. In an autoimmune reaction, antibodies and immune cells target the body’s own healthy tissues by mistake, signaling the body to attack them repeatedly.
The classic signs and symptoms of an autoimmune disease is inflammation, which can cause redness, heat, pain, and swelling. How an autoimmune disease affects you depends on what parts of the body are targeted: i.e. (Systemic & Organ specific). If the disease affects the joints, as in Rheumatoid Arthritis, you might have joint pain, stiffness, and loss of function. If it affects the thyroid, as in Grave's Disease and thyroiditis, it might cause tiredness, weight gain, and muscle aches. If it attacks the skin, as it does in Scleroderma / Systemic Sclerosis, Vitiligo, and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), it can cause rashes, blisters, and color changes. No one is sure what causes autoimmune diseases. In most cases, a combination of factors is probably at work. For example, you might have a genetic tendency to develop a disease and then, under the right conditions, an outside invader like a virus might trigger it.
Autoimmune Diseases
Awareness Calendar
Aug. 2018 - 2019
Awareness Events
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Please be advised this is not an all inclusive listing of events. To get the google shareable desktop, laptop, or iCal versions of this calendar use the links provided: +Google Calendar.
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Due to current formats offered by Google most iPhone's, and iPad's apps are unable to view previous versions offered by R. A. A. I. D.; so we have taken the liberty of revising our calendar to fit any app available. Some of the awareness events are listed below.
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1. World Arthritis Day
2. Raynaud's Syndrome Awareness Month 3. Cardio Myopathy Awareness Month 4. International Rare Disease Day 5. National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month 6. Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month 7. Sjogren's Syndrome Awareness Month 8. World Health Day 9. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's) Month 10. Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month 11. Arthritis Awareness Month 12. Osteoporosis & Prevention Month 13. Hepatitis Awareness Month 14. Lyme Disease Awareness Month 15. Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Month 16. Vasculitis Awareness Month 17. Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Awareness Month 18. Addison's Disease Awareness Day (Unofficial) 19. National Lupus / SLE Awareness Day / Month 20. Fibromyalgia Day 21. Chronic Fatigue & Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Day |
22. Behcet's Disease Awareness Month / Day
23. National Scleroderma Awareness Month 24. Juvenile Arthritis Month 25. World Hepatitis Day 26. Psoriasis Awareness Month 27. Rheumatic Fever Week 28. Juvenile Myositis Day 29. Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month 30. Myositis awareness Day / Month 31. Dermatomyositis Awareness Day 32. Polymyositis Awareness Day 33. Eczema Awareness Week / Month 34. World Osteoporosis Day 35. Graves / Thyroid Month (Unofficial) 36. Rheumatoid Arthritis Day 37. Celiac Disease Awareness Month 38. Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month 39. Diabetes Day / Week / Month 40. Scleroderma Awareness Month 41. Diabetes Awareness Month / UK. |
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2018
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Psoriasis Awareness Month
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Sept.
2018
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Celiac Disease
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Asthma Week
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Alopecia Areata
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Eczema
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Graves / Thyroid
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Day
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American
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Arthritis Awareness
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National Chronic
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April
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Adrenal Disease
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ALS Awareness
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Juvenile Arthritis
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