Sentences with phrase «attacks other body systems»

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Side effects of the treatment included skin rashes, thyroid problems and diarrhea as the therapy caused the immune system to attack other parts of the body.

Normally, the immune system protects the body by attacking foreign invaders such as viruses, bacteria and other pathogens.

Others are finding ways to boost the body's own immune system to attack cancer cells.

T cells, along with B cells and others, comprise the adaptive arm of the immune system, the body's second line of defense which quickly attacks and «remembers» specific pathogens.

Tuberculosis (TB) tricks the immune system into attacking the body's lung tissue so the bacteria are allowed to spread to other people, new research from the University of Southampton suggests.

Other vaccines in trials target the blood - cell stage, and contain a parasite protein called AMA - 1, meant to prime the body's immune system to attack it.

Yet the success of both depends on doctors being able to manipulate the body's immune system, to prevent organ rejection in one case and the overzealous immune responses which appear to cause asthma attacks in the other.

This paper showcased research results from the new DNA - based Zika vaccine that is based on synthetic DNA and gives instructions to the body's immune system to produce antibodies to attack Zika antigens (i.e. bacteria, viruses, and other foreign substances that trigger immune responses from the body.)

When the body isn't constantly fighting off attacks of stress, it can work to repair other essential processes like the immune system.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease in which the body's immune system attacks myelin, the protective sheath around nerve cells that helps send messages to the brain and other parts of the body.

Once the immune system has made the mistake of attacking one part of the body, it is more likely to attack others including reproductive tissue and even the implanted embryo.

On the other hand, if ACTH was low, but your cortisol is high, then that's a totally different story, and that's indicating that something is going on, likely with your immune system, that is, I wouldn't say attacking, but telling your adrenal glands to make cortisol when the rest of your body and your brain doesn't want it.

When the immune system identifies these errant proteins as invaders, it does what it does in response to any other invading pathogen: mount an attack and fortify the body's defenses by releasing histamine (which tries to get rid of the «pathogen» by inducing diarrhea, sneezing, runny nose, watery eyes, and all the other symptoms you might get from an allergic or intolerance reaction).

Supporting the wrong side of the immune system can result in further destruction of the body's tissue that might be under the attack and lead to development of other associated autoimmune diseases.

In other cases, your thyroid comes under attack by your body's own immune system.

Other types occur when your immune system, which normally protects your body from infection, attacks your body's own tissues.

The end result of this internal attack over an extended period of time is potentially a lot of damage to your intestinal tract and affecting even other parts of your body such as your brain or neurological system.

There are instances when conventional medicine is like a miracle, but for the one in five people suffering from autoimmune disease such as Hashimoto's hypothyroidism (a disease in which the immune system attacks and destroys tissue in the body or brain), and countless others suffering from undiagnosed autoimmunity, chronic inflammation, severe pain, environmentally induced illnesses, food sensitivities, chronic viral, bacterial, or parasitic infections, brain chemistry imbalances, hormonal imbalances, hair loss, unexplained weight gain, and more — being told your lab tests are fine and you simply need an antidepressant can feel like a kick in the groin.

In other words, your body's immune system can mistakenly target and attack joint cartilage as a foreign, unwanted substance, and thereby undermine the structural integrity of your joints.

Or it may occur if the immune system becomes confused, such as in someone who has antibodies to gluten that also end up attacking other parts of the body that resemble gluten.

This rejection may lead to autoimmune reactions to other tissues in the body, meaning the immune system attacks and destroys these tissues.