What's it called when a person's imune system attacks their own body? The Medical term.?



Answers:
Autoimmune disorder.

Causes of this can be from systemic diseases like Lupus, Rheumatoid arthritis, or from certain cancers, or from allergens.

They are often treated with antiinflammatory medications and immune mediators.
autoimmune disorder or autoimmunity
Overzealous immune response: On the other end of the scale, an overactive immune system figures in a number of other disorders, particularly autoimmune disorders such as lupus erythematosus, type I diabetes (sometimes called "juvenile onset diabetes"), multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, and rheumatoid arthritis. In these, the immune system fails to properly distinguish between self and non-self, and attacks a part of the patient's own body. Other examples of overzealous immune responses in disease include hypersensitivities, such as allergies and asthma.
lupus
autoimmunity.

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