Autoimmune Disease

Roughly 50 million Americans are living with an autoimmune disease—which occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks your own body—and 75% of them are women. Each autoimmune disease is different, but many share overlapping symptoms such as fatigue, muscle aches, joint pain, and inflammation.
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