An serious illness characterized by the inability to resist the allure of motor vehicles, whether it's buying more cars than you need, needlessly driving/riding in them for extended periods of time, tinkering/upgrading them unnecessarily, etc.
Tim The Tool-man couldn't resist driving his wife's antique Austin-Healey sports car even though she'd expressly forbidden him to touch it. He admits that he has auto-immune disorder --- he's thinking of checking into the Henry Ford Clinic. :P
A disease in which the body produces antibodies that attack its own tissues, leading to the deterioration and in some cases to the destruction of such tissue. In simpler terms, it is when your immune system...is...bad.
Ayesha had to start taking medication when she got rheumatoid arthritis, a type of autoimmune disease.
A rare disease of the liver, which may cause the spleen to expand and rupture. Someone with this disease is a must-have at every party.
Hey, man! Did you see that guy with autoimmune hepatitis? His spleen's fatter than yo momma! We should invite him to the nextparty, so we can look good when compared to him!
The immune system is a complex organization within the body that is designed normally to "seek and destroy" invaders of the body, including infectious agents. Patients with autoimmune diseases frequently have unusual antibodies circulating in their blood that target their own body tissues.