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Are crohn's disease, tuberculosis and sarcoidosis all different types of auto-immune diseases?
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No: Crohn's disease is an inflammatory disease but is not strictly speaking autoimmune. Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis. Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease that we don't quite know the cause of.
Answered 6/22/2014
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They are all immune!: They are all autoimmune diseases. And all the drugs used to treat each of these conditions affects the immune system! while TB is infectious, it can cause immune sequalae, and the formation of granulomata is an immune response!
Answered 6/10/2014
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