Women Experience More Autoimmune Than Men, Why?

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JAKARTA - Autoimmune is a disease that occurs when the immune system misidentifies healthy cells and attacks them. These healthy cells attacked by the immune system cause inflammation and damage to various tissues and organs of the body.

Autoimmune disease can be suffered by anyone, but the most susceptible to experiencing it is women. Be it thyroid autoimmune that attacks one or two organs, or systemic autoimmune that attacks many organs.

"Both local and autoimmune autoimmune are systemic, both of which happen more to women," said DR. Dr. Laurentius Aswin Pramono, M.Epid, SpPD-KEMD, Internal Medicine Doctor, JEC Eye Hospitals and Clinics, in the Kedoya area, West Jakarta, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.

Autoimmune attacks more women because it is influenced by the genetics of women themselves. This is absolute and cannot be changed, so that women are more prone to autoimmune.

Because there is genetics. Because the genetic cause is that women are more cederung to get autoimmune than men. That's already, an absolute. Because it's from there, we can't change it," he explained.

In addition to genetics, women are more susceptible to autoimmune is also caused by hormonality. Hormonal in women decreases faster than men, as seen in earlier menopause ages than men.

And hormonal problems are also important. This hormonal problem, in women, decreases faster. For example, menopause. Menopause in women is faster, so more of the population is exposed to autoimmune situations," concluded Doctor Aswin.