Journal Articles
The Microbiome in Autoinflammatory Disease: A Missing Link?
We are not alone. Right now, there are over 500 species of bacteria living in your mouth. Each part of your gut (stomach, small intestine, large intestine) provides a home to 1000 unique bacterial species.
Autoinflammatory vs. Autoimmune….What’s The Difference?
Autoinflammatory diseases are a newly described set of illnesses that cause systemic inflammation due to problems in the innate immune system. The innate immune system includes several types of white blood cells, such as neutrophils, macrophages, and natural killer cells.
It’s In Your Genes, Or Is It? The Genetics Of Autoinflammatory Diseases
Autoinflammatory diseases have a variety of causes. Some are clearly genetic–they are caused by single mutations in specific genes.
301 Patients With PFAPA–What Do They Look Like?
This month, an interesting article about PFAPA appeared in the journal Rheumatology. PFAPA (periodic fevers, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis) is
What The Heck Is Rheumatology?
When I meet someone for the first time and tell them that I’m a rheumatologist, I usually get blank stares, as if I had spoken to them in a foreign language.
Today Is Rare Disease Day!
On this significant occasion of Rare Disease Day, we turn our attention to autoinflammatory diseases, a group of rare and
