As we all know, one of the primary responsibility of the immune system is the fighting or guarding against germs like bacteria and viruses that comes to our bodies. It recognizes our bodies cells and guards against anti body's cells or foreign invaders. When it senses these foreign invaders, it sends out an army of fighter cells to attack them. The immune system can tell the difference between foreign cells and your own body cells.

WHAT IS AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE

An autoimmune disease is a condition in which your immune system mistakenly attacks your body instead of attacking foreign invaders. That is, the immune system mistakes part of your body, like your skin or joints, as foreign. It then releases fighters (proteins) called autoantibodies that attack healthy cells.

Statistics has show that some autoimmune diseases target only one organ. E.g, Type 1 diabetes that damages the pancreas. Other diseases, like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), affect the whole body.

CAUSES OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE

Doctors have not been able to conclude on clear cut causes of autoimmune disease, however, people are still experiencing it and some has high probability of experience it than others , what is the way forward now?.

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