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Is there any evidence (yet?) of an autoimmune disease caused by the immune system accidentally attacking part of the micro-biome?
by hinoki 2y ago
Is there any evidence (yet?) of an autoimmune disease caused by the immune system accidentally attacking part of the micro-biome?
- FollowingTheDao 2y agoThe immune systems does nothing by accident. The immune system is always trying to keep the microbiome in balance and the microbiome helps the immune system as well. There is no winning, only balance.
- foobarbecue 2y agoGreat question. Not that I have heard of.
- hanniabu 2y agoIdk if there's evidence of it but I know many people claim they developed celiac disease after a course of black label antibiotics
- krageon 2y agoYes, as far as I know. I thought this was a nice overview: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6300652/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6300652/