Lupus (SLE) - inflammation of the various tissues of the body.
Rhuematoid Arthritis (RA) - inflammation of the joints & tissue surround the joints as well as inflammation of organs of the body.
Psoriatic Arthritis (PA) - inflammation of the joints & skin.
Sjogrem's Syndrome - a glandular autoimmune disease that affects joints in 90% of cases.
Juvenile Arthritis (JA) - any form of arthritis that develops in someone under 18 years of age.
Anklosing Spondylaritis (AS) - inflammation primarily affecting the spine but also affects other organs of the body.
Plus a number of extended diseases.
For those of us who don't fall into neat categories (always the way!) we have combined abbreviations. Like SpA, my variant which is mostly like AS & RA in it's presentation. Two things make my case unable to be neatly fit into the above categories.
1. I do not fall into the RA class because RA can be detected via a blood test due to the presence of the rheumatoid factor in the blood. My results were negative.
2. I do not fall into the AS class because there is no inflammation present in my spine. Only the periphery joints in my arms & legs.
These are subtle differences that really only matter to me. At the end of the day, I live with autoimmune arthritis.
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