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created on October 19, 2012
Be there for the 2nd Annual World Autoimmune Arthritis Day, May 20th, 2013! It's a GLOBAL online virtual convention aimed at awareness for autoimmune arthritis diseases; education and reference on each disease and how you can manage the diseases. Get more information http://***
created on October 19, 2012
Autoimmune Arthritis
Primary joint diseases that have an autoimmune component.
While joint involvement is a primary factor, because they are autoimmune diseases and inflammatory in nature they also affect the connective and soft tissues and even organs.
Classic Autoimmune Arthritis Diseases include: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA), Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS), Primary Sjogren's Syndrome (SS), Systemic Lupus Erythematosis (SLE), Still's Disease, Juvenile Arthritis (JA), Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD), Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease/Undifferentiated Spondyloarthropathy (UCTD/USpA)
Related Autoimmune Arthritis Diseases include: Those diseases that are primary gastrointestinal, connective tissue, vascular, muscular, etc, with an autoimmune component but also involve the joints are considered Related Autoimmune Arthritis Diseases. To be a Classic Autoimmune Arthritis it must be a primary joint disease (primarily arthritis in nature). Examples of Related Autoimmune Arthritis diseases include Scleroderma (primary connective tissue) and Crohn's (primary gastointestinal).
created on October 19, 2012
World Autoimmune Arthritis Day is an annual, GLOBAL, online virtual convention held annually on May 20th. It is aimed at bringing global awareness while learning more about autoimmune arthritis diseases and ways to manage it best.
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created on October 19, 2012
We are the first organization created exclusively to benefit autoimmune arthritis diseases*. All of our creators and leaders are either autoimmune arthritis sufferers or their lives have been affected by autoimmune arthritis in some way. While we recognize there are over 100 arthritis conditions and over 65 autoimmune diseases our aim is to differentiate the Autoimmune Arthritis conditions from the 90+ other diseases that do not fully encompass the similarities shared among this short list. *Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA), Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS), Primary Sjogren's Syndrome (SS), Systemic Lupus Erythematosis (SLE), Still's Disease, Juvenile Arthritis (JA), Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD), Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease/Undifferentiated Spondyloarthropathy (UCTD/USpA)
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created on October 19, 2012
International Autoimmune Arthritis Movement
We are the first organization created exclusively to benefit autoimmune arthritis diseases*. All of our creators and leaders are either autoimmune arthritis sufferers or their lives have been affected by autoimmune arthritis in some way. While we recognize there are over 100 arthritis conditions and over 65 autoimmune diseases our aim is to differentiate the Autoimmune Arthritis conditions from the 90+ other diseases that do not fully encompass the similarities shared among this short list. *Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA), Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS), Primary Sjogren?s Syndrome (SS), Systemic Lupus Erythematosis (SLE), Still?s Disease, Juvenile Arthritis (JA), Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD), Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease/Undifferentiated Spondyloarthropathy (UCTD/USpA)
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