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Autoimmune Diseases

The seeding of these bacteria can also result in the initiation of auto­immune diseases in some people. Such diseases are characterized by the immune system attacking the native tissues of the body. Just as the poorly broken-down food particles can provoke an immune response, the bacteria themselves, along with their metabolic by­products, can also provoke the immune system into attacking nor­mal body tissues. This happens when the immune system reacts

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against the body's own tissues that have been altered enough by the presence of the bacteria for the immune system to no longer recog­nize that tissue as being part of the body. The result is an auto­immune disease.

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