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Autoimmune Disease
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Autoimmune diseases are those in which your own immune system attacks you, because your antibodies get confused! They think that your own cells are enemy invaders, like bacteria and viruses, so they raise the alarm and white blood cells rush in to attack. Your body fights itself!