How an Autoimmune disease Inspired the healing of my Inner-self.
What is an autoimmune disease ? An autoimmune disease is a condition in which your immune system mistakenly attacks your own body. According to NSCF , Nearly 4% of the world's population is affected by one of more than 80 different autoimmune diseases . The most common ones are type 1 diabetes, Hashimoto's thyroiditis , R heumatoid arthritis , celiac disease , and Grave's disease . The Office of Research on Women's Health at the NIH has named autoimmunity a major women's health issue as it appears to be affecting more women than men. How the autoimmune disease killed my spirit to live. I was diagnosed with Hashimotos thyroiditis at the age of 23. I didn't have much of the symptoms initially, so it went unnoticed until I went to a dermatologist as I started finding the crazy lumps of hair in the bathroom waste trap to be growing...