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  1. Infectious diseases - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    You have certain types of cancer or other disorders that affect your immune system. In addition, certain other medical conditions may predispose you to ...

  2. Mayo Clinic Q&A: Why leukemia type matters for treatment decisions

    Frequent infections (from a weakened immune system). Shortness of breath ... Lymphocytic leukemias affect lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell involved in the ...

  3. Splenectomy - Mayo Clinic

    Parts of the immune system ... Splenectomy is surgery to remove the spleen. The spleen is an organ that sits under the rib cage on the upper left side of the ...

  4. Mental illness - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Weakened immune system, so your body has a hard time resisting infections; Heart disease and other medical conditions. Prevention. There's no sure way to ...

  5. Primary ovarian insufficiency - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    In this rare form, the immune system makes protective proteins that attack ovary tissue by mistake. This harms sacs in the ovaries that each contain an egg, ...

  6. Influenza virus vaccine recombinant (intramuscular route) - Mayo Clinic

    In addition, adults and children weakened by ... The presence of other medical problems may affect ... Immune system problems—This condition may decrease the useful ...

  7. Transverse myelitis - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Causes · Multiple sclerosis is a disorder in which the immune system destroys myelin surrounding nerves in your spinal cord and brain. · Neuromyelitis optica ( ...

  8. Dtap, hepatitis b, poliovirus, and haemophilus b vaccine (intramuscular route) - Side effects & uses - Mayo Clinic

    Weakened immune system—May not work as well in patients with this condition. ... fast, weak pulse; hives, itching, skin rash; hoarseness; irritation; joint ...

  9. Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    PBC most often affects ... This means the body's immune system attacks its own tissues as if it were fighting a disease. ... People with PBC may experience thinning ...

  10. Castleman disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    But HHV-8-positive MCD is known to occur in people whose immune systems are weakened, including people with HIV. Risk factors. Castleman disease can affect ...