The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA) wants to help you learn your family’s AQ. AQ stands for Autoimmune Quotient. It’s about knowing how likely you or a loved one is to develop an autoimmune disease, based on the prevalence of these diseases and your family history. AQ is a play on IQ.
AARDA offers […]
How to Diagnose an Autoimmune Disease?
Do your own family medical history.
Take an inventory of your family’s health problems, expanding your research beyond your immediate family to cousins, aunts, uncles, and other relatives. Since current research points to a genetic component in most autoimmune diseases, you should know the health histories of your first-degree relatives, […]
Question By Patient: Can lupus cause pancreatitis since lupus is an autoimmune disease?
Answer By Dr. Srinivasan
Lupus induced pancreatitis happens in a small percentage of lupus patients. Lupus vasculitis can cause pancreatitis. Other causes of pancreatitis in lupus include virus induced, perforated peptic ulcer disease, common duct stone from biliary tract, alcohol and or drug induced. […]
Question By Patient: What is lupus?
Answer By Dr. Srinivasan
Lupus is an autoimmune disease and affects skin, joints, kidneys, heart, lungs, brain, blood and blood vessels. In lupus immune system makes antibodies to healthy cells causing inflammation leading to damage to organ or body system .lupus is not contagious. It is not cancer or related […]
Question By Patient: Is lupus an autoimmune disease?
Answer By Dr. Srinivasan:
Lupus is a classic autoimmune disease that attacks cells, tissues and organs. It is a systemic autoimmune disease that attacks skin, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, blood vessels and nervous system. Antibody production by B cells are to DNA, SM antigen, histones and other proteins of the cell nucleus. […]
Question By Patient: What is the management of autoimmune disease?
Answer By Dr. Srinivasan:
Autoimmune diseases treatment includes
1. Reduce eliminate the immune system attack on one’s cells (platelets, WBC etc), tissues (muscles, nerves, Joints, blood vessels), organs (pancreas, thyroid, kidneys Adrenal).
2. Reduce or eliminate acute destructive (inflammatory) process.
3. preserve immune function 4.replace products Insulin, thyroid, B12 lost. […]
Question By Patient: Can You Die From The Autoimmune Disease?
Answer By Dr. Srinivasan
Death in Autoimmune diseases depends on several factors including its severity, target organ, cell, tissue and vital structures involved, duration and stage of disease, underlying co-morbid conditions, the age of a patient and overall health of the patient. Many of autoimmune diseases […]
Question By Patient: How can someone contract an autoimmune disease?
Answer By Dr. Srinivasan
It is not fully understood and research is still on. It happens in individuals who are genetically susceptible triggered by an offending agent which could be a bacteria, virus, environmental toxins, drugs, food allergens, radiation, chemicals, hormonal to name a few. It […]
Monterey Park Medical Center Director Dr. Srinivasan answers questions from our patients.
Question By Patient: What can cause an autoimmune disease?
Answer By Dr. Srinivasan
In Autoimmune disease the enemy is from within. As the name implies “auto” is self, and “immune” is immune system. One’s own immune system for unknown reason turns against self, and destroys […]
