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Can aids affect the immune system?
AIDS is an autoimmune disease; it destroys the immune system. So, yes, it affects the immune system.
What is the difference between immune system and auto immune system?
Well, lets start with the basics, your immune system is what keeps you from getting colds and flu's easily. so your auto-immune system (protection) automatically defends your body against these types of attacks, where anti-immune are the things trying to attack your immune system (Virus).
Can hypothyroidism cause SlE?
No lupus is a separate autoimmune disorder. When a patient has an autoimmune disease, the immune system cannot tell the difference between harmful substances and healthy ones. The result is an overactive immune response that attacks otherwise healthy cells and tissue. This leads to chronic inflammation. Patients who have one autoimmune disorder may also have others, like Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.
What is an immune system disease according to medical literature?
The definition of an immune system disease is a disease that causes over- or underactivity of the immune system. When the immune system is overactive, this is called an autoimmune disease.
What produces an autoimmune response?
Your immune system attacking your own body.
Why is melatonin contraindicated in persons with autoimmune diseases?
Because it stimulates the immune system.
What are autoimmune?
An autoimmune disease is caused by the immune system attacking you instead of threats and diseases coming from outside you. In autoimmune diseases, the body makes a mistake and attacks its own tissues.a condition that causes the body's own immune system to wrongly identify cells as foreign and attack them.
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 is Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura?
It is a disorder in which the immune system targets and destroys blood platelets
What diseases damages the human immune system leaving it open to infection?
Autoimmune diseases
What type of immune response is always disadvantageous to a person?
An autoimmune response is always disadvantageous to a person, as it involves the immune system attacking the body's own healthy cells and tissues. This can lead to chronic inflammation, tissue damage, and various autoimmune diseases.
What are autommunie diseases?
Autoimmune refers to diseases of the immune system. They typically involve the immune system not being able to distinguish healthy tissue from unhealthy or invading tissue. So it could be said that in autoimmune diseases the immune system starts to think that certain parts of the body are no longer needed so it attacks and tries to destroy them.
