Diabetess
Which Type of Diabetes is an autoimmune disease?
Type One
True or False: There is a cure for Celiac
False; the only effective treatment is a gluten free diet!
true or false: women are twice as often affected by MS.
true
True or False: Crohn's Disease causes a significantly shortened lifespan in most patients.
False
What is Lupus?
an autoimmune disease where the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissues
Which organ produces insulin?
The Pancreas
Name one grain that people with Celiac avoid
Rye, wheat, barley
What vitamin is commonly used to help prevent MS?
Vitamin D
What is Crohn's Disease?
inflammatory bowel disease
What famous person has Lupus?
Selena Gomez
What hormones do diabetics not produce?
insulin and Amylin
How is Celiac Diagnosed?
Blood test or Biopsy
What is commonly used to treat MS?
Steroids
What part of the body is affected by Crohn's Disease?
The gastrointestinal tract
What age is diagnosis most common?
15-44
who was the inventor of Insulin?
Frederick Banting
What percentage of people who have Celiac do not adhere to a gluten free diet?
20%
What procedures are commonly used to diagnose MS?
Spinal tap and MRIs
This diagnostic procedure, involving a camera, is often used to visualize the inflammation.
colonoscopy
Common Symptoms?
facial rash, fatigue, joint pain
What Cells are destroyed by a diabetics immune system? (specific name)
Beta Cells (insulin producing pancreatic cells)
What Organ is primarily affected by Celiac disease?
Small intestine
This common eye related symptoms are often one of the first signs of MS?
Optic Neuritis (blurred or loss of vision)
these medications are used to reduce inflammation.
anti-inflammatories or immunosuppressors
Treatment for Lupus?
hydroxychloroquine, corticosteroids, immunosuppressants.