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Autoimmune Disease
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine · General & Systemic
Moderate
Severity
Common collectively — autoimmune diseases as a group affect an estimated 5-8% of the population, more often women
Prevalence
No
Contagious
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1The exact trigger for autoimmune disease is not fully understood
- 2but it is believed to result from a combination of genetic susceptibility and environmental triggers such as infections
- 3stress
- 4or exposure to certain toxins that cause the immune system to lose its normal tolerance to the body's own tissues. Hormonal factors are thought to play a role
- 5since many autoimmune diseases occur significantly more often in women. A family history of autoimmune conditions increases individual risk
- 6suggesting an inherited predisposition combined with environmental triggers.
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