IMMUNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Autoimmune diseases can affect anyone. Yet certain people are at greater risk, including: Women of childbearing age-More women than men have autoimmune diseases, which often start during their childbearing years.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lupus is more common in women during their childbearing years when estrogen levels are highest. Problems with the immune system.

Detailed explanation-3: -Women are more prone than men to Graves’ disease and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Graves’ disease causes the thyroid to produce an excess of thyroid hormone (hyperthyroidism). It usually occurs between ages 30 and 50 (but can appear at any age) and appears seven to eight times more frequently in women then in men.