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Your immune system attacking your own body.
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What type of immune response is always disadvantageous to a person?
autoimmune
What is an autoimmune system response to perceived hazard restricting your air intake?
Asthma
What is an autoepitope?
An autoepitope is an autoimmune epitope - a part of a biomolecule which is the target of an immune response.
When the body's defenses turn against its own cells the disorder is called?
an autoimmune response
What is an arteritis?
An arteritis is an inflammation of arterial walls, often due to infection or an autoimmune response.
What does Autoimmune hemolytic anemia do?
It occurs when the body produces antibodies that coat red blood cells
What causes polyglandular deficiency syndromes?
The cause of polyglandular deficiency syndromes is usually an autoimmune response
What disease is when body attacks own cells?
An auto-immune response.
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 are the causes of myositis?
Myositis is thought to be an autoimmune disease. The body normally fights infections and disease by producing antibodies and white blood cells called lymphocytes in a process called the immune response. In an autoimmune disease.
Which substance produces itching when released in response to allergens?
Allergen
Which chronic autoimmune disease produces serious weakness of the voluntary muscles?
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.
