Who Gets Autoimmune Diseases? The incidence of autoimmune diseases, such as Addison’s, Crohn’s and Grave’s diseases, ulcerative colitis, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis have been doubling every 15 years for the past 75 years. Currently around 24 million people are affected. Women are two to eight times more often affected by autoimmune [...]
