Hi, glad you found the forum. There is a huge range of auto immune diseases. Mayo clinic did one in particular on me that got to the core of my issues. T @ B lymphocytes. These are the helper cells, that normally attack, colds, flu and other illnesses. With auto immune disease, these cells are called out on the attack but forget where they are going, and attack a person as a foreign object. The flight to fight response is effected. Many of the auto immune diseases are from this kind of pathology. I hope that you feel better soon. ginnie