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What is term for disease where the immune system attacks the person's healthy tissue?
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∙ 13y ago
There are several, the most well-known one probably AIDS.
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What is an autoimmune disease?
rheumatoid arthritis
If someone has an autoimmune disease would it worsen if their immune system is stimulated by something like green tea?
Theoretically yes. An autoimmune disease is where the persons own system attacks itself and stimulating the immune system could worsen the symptoms and disease.
What does erythematous lupus mean?
Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy parts of the self.
What does erythematOSUSus lupus mean?
Systemie lupus erythematosus is an incurable autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks healthy parts of the self.
Is a disease caused by a virus that attacks the immune?
hiv
What is a disease caused by virus that attacks the immune system?
hiv
Can the immune system fight off HIV AIDS and SCID?
No. HIV attacks and overwhelms the immune system. In fact, the reason you can die of AIDS has nothing to do with the disease, but rather any sickness you catch with your immune system shot.
What is present in a persons blood when he or she is immune to a certain disease?
antibodies
A chronic disease of the immune system that attacks the thyroid gland and causes a goiter is called?
Graves' Disease.
Sentence with immune?
The immune system identifies, remembers, attacks and destroys disease-causing invaders or infected cells.
What disease is stemic lupus erthymatosus?
Systemic lupus erythematosus is an incurable, chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune disease. In lupus, the person's immune system attacks healthy parts of the self. Lupus is managed with medications that suppress the immune system. 1.5 to 2 million Americans have a form of lupus. 5 million people world wide have the disease.
Why is a person with AIDS may also have pneumonia?
AIDS stands for Autio Immune Deficiency Syndrome. This means that the disease attacks and weakens the human immune system. This system is responsible for keeping you healthy by fighting off infections and viruses, among many other things, that are contantly attacking the human body.In a healthy person, the immune system attacks and destroys viruses and such, but in a person with AIDS the immune system is too weak or almost non-existent and as a result, these viruses take hold; such as pneumonia. Actually, people with AIDS usually end up dying from such relatively simple things like pneumonia and not actually the disease (AIDS) itself.
