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How can someone contract an autoimmune disease?

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Varied: Some are drug or toxin induced, but others occur without any known predisposition. Women appear to be more susceptible than men, but there are few other predictors. There is also some genetic component for certain autoimmune illnesses.

Answered 8/6/2012

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Dr. Ramachandran Srinivasan answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

Autoimmune disease: It is not fully understood and reasarch is still on . It happens in idividuals who are genetically susceptible triggered by an offending agent which could be a bacteria, virus, environemental toxins , drugs , food allergens , radiation, chemicals , hormonal to name a few . It is a flu like onset with fatigue followed by symtoms referable to the target organ, tissue or cell that is affected.

Answered 9/30/2020

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Research is ongoing: Genes in the body can make a person more susceptibe to getting these type of conditions. It is thought that predisposed people then get primed after an infection or environmental trigger (no one knows for sure which ones). Then the immune system starts responsing against tissue in our bodies as if they are viruses or bacteria. There is nothing a patient or person does to cause this.

Answered 3/18/2017

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Dr. Ramachandran Srinivasan answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

Autoimmune disease: It is not fully understood and reasarch is still on . It happens in idividuals who are genetically susceptible triggered by an offending agent which could be a bacteria, virus, environemental toxins , drugs , food allergens , radiation, chemicals , hormonal to name a few . It is a flu like onset with fatigue followed by symtoms referable to the target organ, tissue or cell that is affected.

Answered 12/11/2015

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