I understand the body is attacking itself, but can someone give me a metaphor or an example to make it make more sense? I am trying to explain to my boyfriend and I can’t make it make sense to a layperson not familiar with the ins and outs.
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There’s a lot of soldiers inside you. Usually they neutralize enemies without us knowing, sometimes they need backup forces like antibiotics. Sometimes the soldiers get confused and attack each other, so we need generals to go in (like pred) who tell the soldiers to stand down. When you have an autoimmune disorder, the soldiers are particularly prone to confusion, so you need to send a UN general in daily to clarify the orders.
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