DWQA Questions › Tag: autoantibodiesFilter:AllOpenResolvedClosedUnansweredSort byViewsAnswersVotesAs an autoimmune disorder, is celiac disease also caused by a chronic viral infection? If so, in what percent of cases?ClosedNicola asked 2 months ago • Extraterrestrial Interlopers50 views0 answers0 votesIs myasthenia gravis, considered to be an autoimmune disorder, actually caused by a viral infection? If so, are the symptoms reversible using an antiviral regimen, or would autoantibodies to the neuromuscular junctions continue to persist in causing muscle weakness?ClosedNicola asked 2 months ago • Extraterrestrial Interlopers57 views0 answers0 votesWhen I was in second or third grade, I read an article in Reader’s Digest that hit me like a thunderbolt, and I remember it to this day. Recalling it, yet again, prompted me to ask the question about myasthenia gravis, as it is a rare illness few have heard about. Was the impact of that article describing the horror and great mystery of myasthenia gravis as a disease where the immune system, intending to protect but attacks the self to cause harm, a kind of awakening to my mission in life?ClosedNicola asked 2 months ago • Extraterrestrial Interlopers53 views0 answers0 votes