It is possible that "Cold" is a sign of, such as, chronic fatigue
syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, a collagen disease, and asthma. Here, the
"Cold" is defined as condition, such as, fever, a cough, a feeling
of fatigue, muscular pain, an arthritic pain, headache, a pain in the throat,
and sleep disorder.A rash of the skin, conjunctivitis, and urethritis,
may be seen. Sometimes, such condition prolongs or repeats, and then, protraction
and chronic state.There is possibility of the sign of "an incurable
disease".
Early symptoms present the condition like cold syndrome, fever, a feeling
of fatigue, headache, a pain of a throat, a digestive symptom, a cough,
a rash, etc.There is a difference individually. A dry cough is the early
stages of development of symptoms, with progress of time, a cough becomes
strong. In a seniority child or a youth, sometimes, it may become a moist
cough in the later stage.
There are otitis media, arthritis, aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, hepatitis,
pancreatitis, myocarditis, hemolytic anemia, Guillain-Barre' syndrome,
a Stevens-Johnson syndrome, etc. as complications. It turns out that extrarespiratory
symptoms could be seen, although there is almost no respiratory symptom.Mycoplasma
is a pathogen of the infection which symptoms is shown with "cold"
condition, and in pneumonia, it is the 3rd organism in pneumonia and is
considered as 1st organism in acute bronchitis.
Since drug resistant mycoplasma has already appeared, the early diagnosis
and therapy of the maycoplasma infectious diseases become more important.
Furthermore, the feature of mycoplasma infection is the ability to become
a cause of a variegated disease like diseases other than a lung, i.e.,
dermatitis, nephritis, arthritis and meningitis that presents neurological
symptoms, or encephalitis at 25% of the infected humans.
Because the progress of a chronic inflammation disease is various and present broad range of symptoms, including an incurable disease (asthma, a rheumatic disease, a collagen disease, diseases of the nervous system, allergic disease), it is not easy to identified mycoplasma as the causative agent."Mycoplasma infectious diseases" is not only pneumonia, but also asthma, arthritis, nephritis, meningitis, encephalitis, arteritis, dermatitis, etc.. Further, it related to such as autoimmune diseases, rheumatic disease, a nervous system disorders, and inflammatory diseases.
It is very important to discover mycoplasma infectious diseases as early as possible, and to treat a cause of a disease curatively with medical treatment.
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, which includes CFS, is classified as a neurological disease in the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
Symptoms of CFS include post-exertional malaise; unrefreshing sleep; widespread muscle and joint pain; sore throat; headaches of a type not previously experienced; cognitive difficulties; chronic, often severe, mental and physical exhaustion; and other characteristic symptoms in a previously healthy and active person. Persons with CFS may report additional symptoms including muscle weakness, increased sensitivity to light, sounds and smells, orthostatic intolerance, digestive disturbances, depression, and cardiac and respiratory problems.
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Reactive arthritis is classified as an autoimmune condition that develops in response to an infection in another part of the body (cross-reactivity). Coming into contact with bacteria and developing an infection can trigger the disease. Usually, by the time the patient presents with symptoms, oftentimes the "trigger" infection has been cured or is in remission in chronic cases, thus making determination of the initial cause difficult.
The arthritis often is coupled with other characteristic symptoms; this is called Reiter's Syndrome or Reiter's arthritis. The manifestations of Reiter's Syndrome include the following triad of symptoms: an inflammatory arthritis of large joints, inflammation of the eyes in the form of conjunctivitis or uveitis, and urethritis in men or cervicitis in women.
A connective tissue disease is any disease that has the connective tissues of the body as a target of pathology. Connective tissue is any type of biological tissue with an extensive extracellular matrix that supports, binds together, and protects organs.
Many connective tissue diseases feature abnormal immune system activity with inflammation in tissues as a result of an immune system that is directed against one's own body tissues (autoimmunity).
Asthma is the common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and bronchospasm. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath.
Asthma is caused by environmental and genetic factors. These factors influence how severe asthma is and how well it responds to medication.
Asthma may also be classified as atopic (extrinsic) or non-atopic (intrinsic).
Although asthma is a chronic obstructive condition, it is not considered as a part of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as this term refers specifically to combinations of disease that are irreversible such as bronchiectasis, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. Unlike these diseases, the airway obstruction in asthma is usually reversible.
The strongest risk factor for developing asthma is a history of atopic disease. The term "atopy" was coined to describe this triad of atopic eczema, allergic rhinitis and asthma.
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M. pneumoniae was strongly implicated as the probable etiologic agent in 1-10% children with acute encephalitis.
M. pneumoniae has been implicated as a cause of immunemediated neurologic syndromes, including ADEM, transversemyelitis, and Guillain-Barre´ syndrome
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences Antigens: Lipids
Kazuhiro Matsuda Research and Development, M Bio Technology, Inc., Tokyo, Japan.
Molecular mechanisms of lipid-antigen recognition are important in the frontier of immunology. Possible pathogeneses of autoimmune diseases and tumours now include infections with microorganisms. Therefore, the role of vaccines is increasingly important, as advancing technology has now broadened the targets of vaccination to include a greater number of infectious diseases, tumours, chronic infections, autoimmune diseases and allergies. In order to prevent infectious diseases through vaccination, it is important to identify specific antigens which often exist in the cell membrane and capsule and also become the centre of host-pathogen interactions. Structural analysis of lipid-antigens is critical for understanding the mechanisms of molecular interactions involved in the pathogenesis of immune abnormalities, and for devising strategies surrounding immune system regulation and drug discovery. (This article has been accepted and will be published at 2011.12.15.) eLS is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
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