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Which chronic autoimmune disease produces serious weakness of the voluntary muscles?
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Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease marked by muscle weakness and fatigue. The symptoms are activated when the immune system produces antibodies that interfere with the transmission of nerve signals to skeletal (voluntary) muscle. As a result, the affected muscles cannot contract normally.
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What is a chronic autoimmune disorder in which the motor neurons fail to transmit impulses to the muscles to cause muscle contractions?
A chronic autoimmune disease that affects the neuromuscular junction is myasthenia gravis. It leads to fluctuating muscle weakness and fatigue.
What is a chronic autoimmune disorder that is most often found in the ileum and in the colon?
Crohns disease
Disorder where persons antibodies react persons own normal tissues?
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Is hypothyroidism connected to lupus?
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What disease is a chronic autoimmune disorder that is most often found in the ileum and in the colon?
Crohn's disease.
What are the most common ways a autoimmune disease is described?
Most common symptoms of autoimmune disease are chronic gastrointestinal symptoms, extraintestinal symptoms and systematic failure, like a skin deformation in various locations.
Is arthritis chronic or acute?
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What disease of the body attacks its own cells?
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What is the chronic disease characterized by muscle weakness especially in the face and throat?
Myasthenia gravis
