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Is it normal for all or most older women to test positive for an autoimmune disease?

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Dr. Mohsin Reza answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Autoimmune: Autoimmunity is an immune response directed against an antigen normally present within your body. Autoimmune disease is a pathologic condition. There are multiple tests for autoimmune diseases. Some screen while others confirm the presence of disease. It is possible to screen positive for a test but not have the disease hence further testing is done to confirm.

Answered 4/14/2019

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No: No, this is not common. Just being older and female does not mean you should be any more likely to have positive autoimmune disease test results.

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