The incidents of autoimmune disease have gone up substantially throughout the past few decades. Researchers have not yet confirmed whether or not the rate of autoimmune disease has increased due to our ability to better detect incidences of it or due to lifestyle and environmental factors. Currently, over 24 million Americans suffer from more than 80 different varieties of autoimmune disease. Among the most common types of autoimmune disease are rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, c