Asmaa Samy

Over 24 million Americans suffer from several distinct autoimmune diseases. Four out of five are female. The X chromosome and women's sex hormones participate in the production of autoantibodies and the induction of women's autoimmune diseases. Major alterations in women's sex hormones testosterone, progesterone, and estrogen occur during puberty, pregnancy, and menopause. Yet there is no cure for women's autoimmune diseases, otherwise, the available treatments and drugs used to manage the symptoms and regulate the action of the immune system. Women sacrifice their bodies in the form of women's autoimmune diseases to survive and protect their babies.