When Your Body Attacks Itself – Autoimmune
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What happens when the immune system meant to protect you becomes your worst enemy? This is the betrayal of autoimmune diseases like Type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, celiac disease, lupus, Crohn’s disease, and many others. What exactly goes on in your body and why does it happen in the first place?
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February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
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@PixelGem7
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
Anyone else with myasthenia gravis?
@Medzopremacy
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
Okay bro the thumbnail did not have to go that hard
@inesguessoum6696
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
This video stressed me so much
@sidhantakhuntia5199
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
My sis is suffering from autoimmune disease
@TaliazChannel
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
Just the do you want to delete yesyesyesyesyesyes
@unitedrepublicofnations3853
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
4:49 durahell
@Iqnlol
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
its me doctor gregory house and i think its not lupus
@superpowtat0909
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
it’s not lupus.
@eternalraijin-vc5ez
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
Its never lupus
@TheBlueSpiderLIly-q7r
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
my melanin cells: exists
my immune system: GET OUT
@foxpedroska6717
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
6:15 MR. DNA FROM JURASSIC PARK!!!
@greenknight9000
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
The way you draw these cells, the internal organs, for some reason, really makes me wish there was a Metroidvania in this style!
@Hope_Stuff
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
Could you guys do a video on what seizures are and stuff please? 😅
@GMTheEpic
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
Wow, so nice overview. You know what would be even nicer, if you knew that we have a very good treatment for all 100+ autoimmune diseases since 2000 that puts them permanently into remission. The professional research articles on the topic are practically doubling each year on PubMed, and you missed that. I am baffled how we enjoy people suffering each year without hospitals practicing what research has already confirmed at the beginning of the 2000s.
@b.richardsalas1393
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
0:56 sounds like Israel against the people of Gaza.
@Elka0201
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
I was diagnosed with Anti-MAG-Neuropathy in November 2025. The symptoms started shortly after Covid in July 2020. Anti-MAG-Neuropathy is very rare, with a ratio of 1:100,000. Thanks for this video, it explains what is happening very well.
@AshNeo15
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
I have alopecia areata which is autoimmune at my hair lol it stayed for 2 years and i hated it. Glad to know how it works!
@RealAsclepius
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
As someone with Type 1 Diabetes, I love how you described the disease. "Turns your blood into acid". The fact that the description is actually accurate (Diabetic Keto Acidosis) is even better.
I'd always wondered how a disease that shows up typically during young childhood before sexual maturity could even still be around today as I figured evolution would have "weeded it out" due to the carriers of the disease dying before sexual maturity. But the explanation you gave for the autoimmune disease still being around actually made a lot more sense as to why it still exists.
@aaradhanaprabakaran6204
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
sometimes i wonder is this man has ANY haters because there’s no reasons at all
@Raccoonik
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
I understand, immune system, I think I'm the enemy too
@Abm693
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
TD1- over 40 yrs, RA, moderate and still raging, + 3 more auto immune diseases. Goals- 50 miles in steps weekly, 200 miles a month , lots of walking and running in place, light indoor cycling. 60 yrs old, no athlete, just moving
@Tiger_Dawn_Studios_Official
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
My mom has genetic Psoriasis, but it’s probably the least deadly form of autoimmune diseases. I don’t have it, I only have ADHD(from my dad) with a high functioning autism component. She has the most common psoriasis form. Also, I was unlucky enough to obtain her myopia, but it didn’t set in until I was in 3rd grade, yet I didn’t get glasses until 4th grade.
@RandomSaucepan6477
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
Some parts of this video were even word for word with the book Immune. Immune was a truly fantastic book, I honestly wish that everyone could read it
@Jus.a.scene.werdio
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
its never lupus
@EliasNissen-i3s
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
Kurzgesagt, can you please make a video about the herpes virus?
@what-hq1gl
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
my mom had ms and ive always been curious on how the disease functioned 🤔
i remember that when i was about… 4-10 maybe, my mom was not completely wheelchair-bound and could still walk somewhat, just with support (without it she cant)
but then in around.. 2021, maybe? cant remember, she had a sudden severe seizure (i recall she had had more seizures in the hospital?) which then severely impacted her ability to function 😭 she had to be completely wheelchair bound and eventually, she couldnt even get on the wheelchair so we got a hospital bed to our house
she also eventually lost her ability to not just choke on food so she got on like. tube feeding. yk a tube that just goes into your stomach?
okay but after the surgery which changed the tube, she had some issues apparently. she had problems with her intestines (aka. diarrhea) and at one point she had gotten a big fever again
this one thursday was wild, my mom was discharged from the hospital but because things happened with my dad (he had a stroke. erm) she had to be brought back to the hospital and guess what? boom she had died. i dont remember what was the official cause, maybe sepsis? so i have my suspections it was a fatal care-mistake from the doctors. i suspect the surgery could have also somehow caused an infection
sorry for the random vent but- felt like yapping 🤯
@what-hq1gl
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
autoimmune diseases are so weird. like wdym your body just suddenly starts attacking itself. its so stupid why is the human body so stupid sometimes but also so resilient as well
@nyIIIeR
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
diabetes is not that bad (compared to other diseases listed in this video)
@MaliciousRailcannon
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
This vexes me.
@sidargur
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
Cant we just made some pills that go find that autoimmune defence cells and kills dem? Or can we take some pills works as bait?
@songSreymom-c1x
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
I’m convinced this video is powered by sorcery.
@creepergirlgaming7912
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
My mom has MS
@xiaogengxiang5639
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
Hackers turned on me:🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮💀💀💀💀
@ShreyaSreenath
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
its never lupus
except that one time
@aravindakumar4116
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
I had Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis between the ages 7 – 15. Now I am 29, I am living everyday in fear of a regression.
@jrbjly
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
I’ve been struggling with alopecia and eczema and have gone bald
@eyad_hacker7261
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
I removed both of my thyroid glands 5 months ago because of this
@vv55213
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
1:33 dont say it evolved if you cant prove what it evolved from and the process fully. Also, evolution doesnt exist and did not exist, consciousness does not come from unconsciouss and alive doesnt come from dead.
@hotrodplayzgamez
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 pm
HSP all symptoms