Diagnosis of autoimmune diseases. ELIA Research

Do you know that there are such diseases when the body acts against itself?! We want to tell you about this group of diseases called Autoimmune diseases.
Autoimmune diseases are a very extensive group of diseases in which the body itself destroys healthy tissues with damage to vital internal organs, i.e. we observe an incorrect immune response.

For example, in bacterial and viral diseases, the human body is protected by antibodies.

What are antibodies? You probably often asked yourself this question, because during the pandemic you heard this medical term.

Antibodies are special proteins (white blood cells) that are produced by the immune system to fight foreign cells and microorganisms. In autoimmune diseases, antibodies stop distinguishing "their" cells from "others" and attack them.

What does autoimmune disease refer to:

rheumatoid arthritis;
systemic lupus erythematosus;
vasculitis;
multiple sclerosis;
systemic scleroderma;
inflammatory bowel diseases: Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
Such diseases can develop at any age, but their peak falls on the adult period of life, from about 20 years old, when negative loads on the body become maximum.

What causes the appearance of autoimmune diseases? These are usually stress, hypothermia, trauma, and infections of various kinds. It should be noted that this group of diseases, especially in the early stages of the course, have similar clinical signs, which sometimes makes diagnosis by symptoms alone almost impossible.

The use of modern and high-precision laboratory diagnostics for the determination of various autoantibodies can provide key diagnostic clues for making a final diagnosis and receiving timely treatment, which can significantly affect the further prognosis with improved quality of life.

To date, EliA analysis made on the Phadia 250 analyzer are the "gold standard" in the field of clinical diagnosis and monitoring of autoimmune diseases worldwide.

The Phadia 250 analyzer (Sweden), a product of Thermo Fisher Scientific, a world leader in the diagnosis of allergies and autoimmunity. The advantages of the Phadia 250 analyzer are full automation of the process, a modern immunochemiluminescent analysis method, and the absence of human influence on the results of the analysis. It is used in most large diagnostic laboratories in Europe and North America.

The fully automated EliA system will allow for the diagnosis of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, mixed connective tissue diseases, etc. with high sensitivity and specificity.

Only the OLYMP CDL in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan offers a unique opportunity to its patients to study EliA made on the Phadia 250 analyzer.