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When your body's security team mistakes you for the intruder.
means A condition where the immune system attacks the body's own healthy cells, mistaking self for enemy.
from From Greek autos (self) plus Latin immunis (exempt) — coined in the 1950s when doctors realized the bodyguard could turn assassin.
Friendly fireOver 80 known autoimmune diseases exist.
Skewed oddsRoughly 80 percent of sufferers are women.
Famous namesType 1 diabetes and lupus both qualify.