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How an Autoimmune disease Inspired the healing of my Inner-self.

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     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 more with each wash than the ones left on my head.  She had me take some blood work, including  thyroid