Answers are entered by clicking the option button corresponding to your selection. Correct answers are found through hypertext links located at the end of the exam. Autoimmunity, which is the underlying cause of over 80 serious chronic illnesses, targets women approximately 75 percent of the time. Autoimmune related diseases affect one in every five persons and are a major cause of chronic illnesses. If your close relative has an autoimmune disease, the odds of your acquiring an autoimmune related disease is.
Recent studies indicate that autoimmune diseases tend to run in families.
Autoimmune diseases result from a misdirected immune response to one's own self. AIDS is an aquired immune disease. It is fairly common for someone to have more than one autoimmune disease because the underlying problem is autoimmunity. At a low level. Basic autoimmune research is not funded in relation to the number of persons affected.