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Normally, immune cells work to recognize and help destroy foreign invaders like bacteria, viruses, and fungi. In autoimmune disorders, these cells mistakenly recognize various tissues of the body as foreign invaders
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Is hypothyroidism connected to lupus?
Lupus is a chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune disease that can affect any part of the body including the thyroid. People who have one autoimmune disease usually have other autoimmune diseases in overlap. It is possible for lupus to affect the thyroid, but autoimmune thyroid disease like Hashimoto's thyroiditis could be responsible.
Which body system is affected by the autoimmune disorder known as Crohn's disease?
Crohns disease can affect the digestive system from mouth to anus.
What disease of the body attacks its own cells?
You are referring to autoimmune disease - there are many depending on what systems in the body are effected.Graves disease and Hashimoto thyroiditis are forms of autoimmune thyroid disease -Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of the joints -Lupus is a condition characterized by chronic inflammation of body tissues, also autoimmune -Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease of the connective tissue, it causes scar tissue to form where there is no injury -
What is the name for a disease that originates in the body?
Maybe you refer to an autoimmune disease. But even if germs enter the body, the disease originates in the body.
What is autoimmune disease destroys cells in the body that are?
There are many autoimmune diseases which all does the same thing: destroying their own body.
Which condition does the body turn against itself and mistakenly attack normal cells?
This is called autoimmune.
Can RA cause LUPUS?
RA is rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks and destroys the joints. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can affect virtually any part of the body. Lupus does not destroy joints, but it does cause pain and inflammation.Rheumatoid arthritis does not cause lupus, but it is common to have more than one autoimmune disease in overlap.
How does Autoimmune disease affect your life?
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The body's adverse response to its own body constitutents with the potential of tissue damage is termed 1 responsiveness 2 allergy 3 immunity 4 autoimmune disease?
4 autoimmune disease
What type of disease is lupus?
Lupus is an autoimmune disorder, a disease in which the body's immune system turns against the body itself
Is rubella an autoimmune disease?
Rubella is an infectious disease. It is not an autoimmune disease.
What disease may result when the body's immune tolerance fails?
Autoimmune
