Due to such less immune resistance women have got higher chances of developing autoimmune diseases. Autoimmune diseases can affect virtually every site in the body.
Autoimmune diseases affect approximately 8% of the population, 78% of whom are women. It is still unknown as to what reasons are there behind such a prevalence. One of the factors behind it could be genetic as it can be passed on from a mother to her offspring.
By
Khanyisile Maseko
Photgraph by
Teleisha Thomas