Ulcerative colitis is an autoimmune disorder, a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes inflammation and ulcers (sores) in your digestive tract. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an umbrella…
Crohn's disease is an autoimmune disorder, a type of an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an umbrella term that represents two conditions that cause inflammation in…
Autoimmune diseases are disorders in which the immune system mistakenly attacks your body. Normally, the immune system guards your body against pathogens such as bad bacteria and viruses, and sends…
Hashimoto's disease (also called Hashimoto's thyroiditis, chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, or autoimmune thyroiditis) is an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system attacks your thyroid, and causes thyroid damage. Due to…
Graves' eye disease, also called Graves' ophthalmopathy and Graves’ orbitopathy (GO), is a potentially sight-threatening ocular disease that may develop in people with an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism) caused by Graves'…
Graves' disease is an autoimmune disorder that affects about 1 in 200 people, and is the most common cause of overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism). Meaning, in Graves' disease, your immune system…
Hyperthyroidism means that the thyroid gland is overactive. As a result, it makes too much of its hormone and causes your body to use energy too quickly. Thyroid disease is…
Hypothyroidism means that the thyroid gland is underactive, and makes too little thyroid hormone. Thyroid disease is a general name for a medical health condition that does not allow your…
Thyroid disease is a general name for a medical health condition that does not allow your thyroid to make the right amount of hormones that control metabolism (a process where…
Menopause is a totally natural biological process, the phase of your life when your menstrual cycle ends, and as it is simply a matter of time when it happens. In…