Autoimmune Disease

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
  • Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN)
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Lupus)
  • Sjögren’s Syndrome
• Celiac Disease
• Multifocal Motor Neuropathy (MNN)
• Peripheral Neuropathy Associated with Protein Abnormalities
  • Anti-MAG
  • Amyloidosis
  • Cryoglobulinemia
  • POEMS