autoimmune diseases
Body fights itself
Autoimmune diseases are conditions in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's own tissues, treating healthy cells as foreign threats.
Examples include rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, and type 1 diabetes.
The causes remain incompletely understood but involve genetic and environmental factors.
She was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease after months of unexplained symptoms.
- Sjögren's syndromeAutoimmune exocrine gland destruction
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- flare upSuddenly worsen or intensify
- cytokinesImmune signaling proteins
- rheumatoid arthritisAutoimmune joint disease
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Weakened disease-fighting capacity
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Pathogen-caused transmissible conditions
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