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Symptom: Immune deficiency
Introduction: Immune deficiency
Immune deficiency: A decrease in the capability of the immune system of the body. See free access online books about Immune deficiency below. See detailed information below for a list of 83 causes of Immune deficiency, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Causes of Immune deficiency
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- Acute myeloid leukemia
- Adenosine deaminase deficiency
- Alemtuzumab
- Anakinra
See all 83 causes of Immune deficiency
Immune deficiency: Multiple Symptom Checker
Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Immune deficiency, as listed in our database. Visit the Multiple Symptoms Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.
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Multiple Symptom Checker Combinations
- Immune deficiency and Immune symptoms (25 causes)
- Immune deficiency and Muscle weakness (23 causes)
- Immune deficiency and Muscle symptoms (22 causes)
- Immune deficiency and Weakness (21 causes)
- Immune deficiency and Body symptoms (20 causes)
- Immune deficiency and Immune deficiency in children (20 causes)
- Immune deficiency and Digestive symptoms (16 causes)
- Immune deficiency and Fatigue (16 causes)
- Immune deficiency and Pain (16 causes)
- Immune deficiency and Sensations (16 causes)
- Immune deficiency and Swelling symptoms (16 causes)
- Immune deficiency and Weight loss (16 causes)
- Immune deficiency and Head symptoms (16 causes)
- Immune deficiency and Enlarged liver (15 causes)
- Immune deficiency and Nerve symptoms (15 causes)
- Immune deficiency and Weight symptoms (15 causes)
- Immune deficiency and Behavioral symptoms (15 causes)
- Immune deficiency and Skin symptoms (15 causes)
- Immune deficiency and Skin problems (14 causes)
- Immune deficiency and Face symptoms (14 causes)
See full list of 792 Multiple Symptom Checker combinations related to Immune deficiency
Home Diagnostic Testing and Immune deficiency
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Causes of General Symptom Types
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- Immune symptoms (66 causes)
Causes of Similar Symptoms to Immune deficiency
Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Immune deficiency:
- Poor healing (31 causes)
- AIDS
- Primary immune deficiency
Diagnostic Guides for Immune deficiency
Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Immune deficiency from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Immune deficiency. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Immune deficiency
Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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Causes of Immune deficiency listed in Disease Database:
Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible
causes of Immune deficiency as a symptom include:
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- Acute myeloid leukemia
- Adenosine deaminase deficiency
- Alemtuzumab
- Anakinra
- Ataxia telangiectasia
- Atypical mycobacteriosis, familial
- Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1
- Bloom's syndrome
- Brequinar
- C3 deficiency, hereditary
- Cachexia
- Centromeric instability of chromosomes 1,9 and 16 and immunodeficiency
- Chediak-Higashi disease
- Chronic granulomatous disease
- Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
- Common variable hypogammaglobulinaemia
- Complement levels low (serum or plasma)
- Cyclical neutropenia
- Diabetes mellitus type 1
See full list of 83
causes of Immune deficiency
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Article Excerpts about Immune deficiency
The immune system is a complex and highly developed system, yet its mission is simple: to seek and kill invaders. If a person is born with a severely defective immune system, death from infection by a virus, bacterium, fungus or parasite will occur. (Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)
Definitions of Immune deficiency:
Immune deficiency: [MIM*242850] SYN: immunodeficiency.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Syndromes in which there is a deficiency or defect in the mechanisms of immunity, either cellular or humoral.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Detailed list of causes of Immune deficiency
The list below shows some of the causes of Immune deficiency mentioned in various sources:
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- Acute myeloid leukemia
- Adenosine deaminase deficiency
- Alemtuzumab
- Anakinra
See full list of 83 causes of Immune deficiency
How Common are these Causes of Immune deficiency?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Immune deficiency. Of the 83 causes of Immune deficiency that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 0 causes are "very common" diseases
- 0 causes are "common" diseases
- 3 causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 1 causes are "rare" diseases
- 7 causes are "very rare" diseases
- 73 causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 83
causes of Immune deficiency
Conditions listing symptoms: Immune deficiency:
The following list of conditions have 'Immune deficiency' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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Conditions listing complications: Immune deficiency:
The following list of conditions have 'Immune deficiency' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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Causes of Immune deficiency Based on Risk Factors
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What are the alternative names for Immune deficiency:
Immunity suppression, Immunodeficiency, Immunological deficiency, Immunosuppression
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Classifications of Immune deficiency:
Medical Conditions associated with Immune deficiency:
Immune symptoms (50 causes)
Symptoms related to Immune deficiency:
Poor healing (30 causes), AIDS, Primary immune deficiency
Immune deficiency as a disease:
For a more detailed analysis of Immune deficiency as a disease, please see our Disease Center information for Immune deficiency.
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