Assertion: lupus's system | /r/CapableOf | attack the body
Facets:
value: mistakenly
type: MANNER
value: including lungs
type: OTHER
value: including vessels
type: OTHER
value: including the skin
type: OTHER
value: including joints
type: OTHER
value: including kidneys
type: OTHER
value: including blood
type: OTHER
value: including heart
type: OTHER
value: including brain
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In the case of a disease like lupus, the immune system mistakenly attacks the body and damages healthy tissues and organs.
text: Lupus Erythematosus is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes the immune system to attack one’s body.
text: It is an autoimmune disease, where the person's immune system attacks their own body.
text: Instead, a doctor must look for signs of systemic inflammation, which indicates that the immune system may be attacking the body.
text: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disorder, which means the immune system attacks the body, possibly including the skin, joints, heart, lungs, kidneys, brain and blood vessels.
text: For reasons that doctors still don't understand, the immune system sometimes becomes confused, attacking the body itself, a condition known as autoimmune disease.
text: Like all autoimmune diseases, lupus causes the immune system — our natural protection against foreign invaders like viruses and bacteria — to mistakenly attack the body itself.