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What are Auto-Immune Diseases?

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"auto-immune disease is the proper name for AIDS" <<< that is not correct.

The proper name for AIDS is acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

This statement above is some what true. The proper name for AIDS is acquired immune deficiency syndrome. And it is an auto immune disease. There are many types of auto immune diseases. IE: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Crohns Disease, Lupus and many more.
Many more would include type 1 diabetes, celiac disease, ulcerative colitis, multiple sclerosis, and still more yet. An auto-immune disease is caused by an overactive immune system. In some people, when their body has no invasive organisms to attack, it starts attacking its own body. It will attack organs such as the pancreas, the colon, or small intestine. Often times when a person gets one auto-immune disease, they are likely to develop more auto-immune diseases. An example is that one in twenty diabetics will develop celiac disease.

The proper name for AIDS is acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

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