Autoimmune Disease, in which your immune system attacks and damages parts of your body, including your nerves. Examples include Sjogren’s syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis and celiac disease. Guillain-Barre syndrome is an autoimmune disease that happens rapidly and can affect autonomic nerves.
Autoimmune with no specific causal infectious agent identified:
- Sarcoidosis
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome / Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (AIDP)
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
- Vasculitis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Lupus)
- Sjögren’s Syndrome
- Celiac Disease
- Multifocal Motor Neuropathy (MNN)
- Peripheral Neuropathy Associated with Protein Abnormalities
