Articles for tag: Autoimmune Diseases, Early Symptoms, Hashimoto's, Hashimoto's Disease

Early Symptoms of Autoimmune Hepatitis

When I was nineteen years old, I was diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis. It was a complete shock to me, especially since I had never heard of the disease before. I had been having some strange symptoms, but I didn’t think they could signal hepatitis. There was no history of liver disease in our family, and ...

What is a Schirmer’s Test for Dry Eyes?

Are your eyes red, watery, irritated, and sensitive to light? It may be more than simply eye strain. It could be dry eyes. Dry eyes affects up to thirty percent of women over the age of fifty and is often associated with hormonal changes that occur around the time of menopause, It’s also seen more ...

Invertebrate Immune Systems Are Complex

Nearly one hundred years has past since the immune system of invertebrates was discovered. Since that time, however, the understanding of this immune system has remained quite elusive. Recently, a team of researchers from the European Science Foundation has realized that the invertebrate immune system is anything but simple, despite the critters’ small size and ...