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No, IBM, or Inclusion Body Myositis, is not classified as an autoimmune disease. It is a progressive inflammatory muscle disorder characterized by muscle weakness and wasting, primarily affecting the proximal muscles. While autoimmune mechanisms may play a role in its pathology, it is distinct from typical autoimmune diseases, which involve an immune response against the body's own tissues.
What else can I help you with?
Is rubella an autoimmune disease?
Rubella is an infectious disease. It is not an autoimmune disease.
Is chickenpox autoimmune?
Chickenpox is not an autoimmune disease. Chickenpox is a viral communicable disease.
Is graves dusease a autoimmune disorder?
Yes, Graves' disease is an autoimmune disease.
Is ankylosing spondylitis an autoimmune disease?
Yes, ankylosing spondylitis is an autoimmune disease.
The autoimmune disease caused by the HIV virus is?
The autoimmune disease caused by the HIV virus is AIDS.
Rheumatoid arthritis is believed to be an autoimmune disease true or false?
True RA is an Autoimmune disease.
Is progeria and achondroplasia autoimmune?
Yes, both of them is autoimmune disease.
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 -
Is autoimmune disease AIDS?
no
What is the main tool for autoimmune disease testing?
The principle tool, however, for authenticating autoimmune disease is antibody testing
What is inclusive body myositis?
Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is an inflammatory muscle disease characterized by progressive muscle weakness and wasting. The common feature of IBM is the abnormal finding of inclusion bodies, or granular material, in muscle fibers.
Is AIDS and autoimmune disease or acquired disease?
acquired
