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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Your immune system causes inflammation in response to outside threats. Sometimes your body can over react and creates an immune response to a normal bodily function.
This is why prednisone is a typical treatment for a lot of autoimmune diseases – it lowers your immune response.
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