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    Women and Autoimmune Disease: The Mysterious Ways Your Body Betrays Itself
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    Women and Autoimmune Disease: The Mysterious Ways Your Body Betrays Itself

    By Robert G. Lahita

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    A cutting-edge examination of the mysterious world of autoimmune disease—and the new discoveries made daily that may save women's lives

    Autoimmune diseases—including chronic fatigue syndrome, vasculitis, juvenile diabetes, alopecia, Graves' disease, Sjogren's syndrome, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis—are among the most devastating conditions afflicting women today and the most resistant to diagnosis and treatment. In all of them, the body's immune system begins to attack healthy and normally functioning cells. And one of the biggest puzzles is why 80 percent of autoimmune disease sufferers are women. In this groundbreaking book, world-class immunologist Dr. Robert Lahita brings years of intensive research, patient care, and diagnostics to shed light on the mysteries of these conditions, with a particular focus on how they affect—and how he treats—women.

    Through case studies, he reveals the early warning signs, symptoms, diagnostic processes, and the most innovative treatments for all the most common—and many of the less well known—autoimmune diseases. He offers a scientifically sound and sensitive work that is the best resource available to help understand these perplexing and debilitating diseases.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061736957
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    Women and Autoimmune Disease: The Mysterious Ways Your Body Betrays Itself
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    Robert G. Lahita

    Dr. Robert Lahita is Clinical Professor of Medicine at Rutgers University, and the Director of the Institute for Autoimmune and Rheumatic Diseases. He is a fellow of the ACP and the Royal College, and a master of the ACR. Dr. Lahita is the author of more than 16 books and 150 scientific publications in the field of autoimmunity. He is the editor of the standard textbook Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and the Senior Editor of the Textbook of Autoimmunity, and the author of Lupus: Q and A for patients and Autoimmunity in Women.

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    • 3/5
      The book was very interesting and shed a totally different light on auto immune disease in woman. I learned a lot about each one of them. There was a lot of medical jargon which made it hard to understand sometimes unless you are completely Fluent in that field . I had to keep going back and re reading certain paragraphs to fully understand.
    • 4/5
      I am a 47 year old woman and worked for over 20 years as a social worker and my last position was a child protection social worker. I could easily work a 50+ work week and be active when not working. I am now on SSDI and can barely get around my home. I have had pericarditis 4xs, PE, Renal Failure and extreme joint and body pain. I have been to 10 specialist who believe these health issues caused by autoimmune disorder and refer me to a rheumatologist and I do not test positive (blood work) for any of the autoimmune diseases they have checked. I found this book informative and validating. He wrote about a variety of disease and used terms that allowed a person without a medical background to understand.

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