Immune Deficiency?

*Diseases which cause immune deficiency are

*mainly AIDS,

*BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTS leads to immnue disorders,

*CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS disease weaken the immune system etc..

The primary immune deficiency is caused by genetic defects in the immune system. It occurs in a part of the body which does not function properly. The WHO (World Health Organization) recognizes nearly 100 primary immune deficiency diseases.

The secondary immune deficiency develops due to viruses or chemotherapy . You can find additional details in the following page:

http://www.primaryimmune.org/pid/whatis_pid.htm

The following topics are listed here.

Additional Information About Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases:

The Immune System and Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases

X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia

Common Variable Immune Deficiency Disease

Selective IgA Deficiency

Severe Combined Immune Deficiency

Chronic Granulomatous Disease

The Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome

The X-Linked Hyper IgM Syndrome

The DiGeorge Syndrome

IgG Subclass Deficiency

Ataxia Telangiectasia

Inheritance

General Care

Specific Medical Therapy

Children, Teenagers and Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases

Adults and Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases

Additional Resources for Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases

Immune Deficiency Foundation Releases National Statistics on Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases; Results Show Average Time from Onset of Symptoms to Diagnosis Nine Years

Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases in the United States: The First National Survey of Patients and Specialists – Immune Deficiency Foundation

Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases – Report of the World Health Organization

When the Body's Defenses Are Missing: Primary Immunodeficiencies - Booklet from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

that would be AIDS - Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

HIV/AIDS - where the white blood cells are damaged by a virus.

Leukemia - where the bone marrow produces incompetent white cells.

Transplanted organ - where immunosuppressant medication is used.