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		<title>What Is Addisons Disease</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[What Is Addisons Disease Autoimmune diseases such as Addison&#8217;s Disease are those in which the powerful immune system of a person’s body turns on itself and attacks. Your immune system is designed to fight off attacks from viruses, bacteria, fungi, germs and parasites. When your system is breached it sends out antibodies that attack the foreign bodies (illnesses) and send them packing. When the immune system believes that the body itself, or parts of it, are foreign in nature, it launches an assault on itself. For the most part there is no underlying cause that has been found for just why this happens.  Although some genetic links have been discovered—in that a person who has a family member with some autoimmune diseases has a greater likelihood of contracting that disease than do others—a definitive link has yet to be named.  Some environmental and other high-stress life experiences also seem to be triggers for an autoimmune disease but again no exact cause has been pinpointed. There is also no cure for these kinds of diseases and syndromes, but there are medications that can slow or alter the course of the illness and alleviate some of the more severe symptoms.  In other [...]]]></description>
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