These tests look for your body's reaction to gluten, the protein found in wheat, barley and rye that causes celiac disease. The blood tests aren't perfect. If your celiac blood tests are negative, it means you're much less likely to have celiac disease ... but there's still a small chance that you have it.
Autoimmune hepatitis is a disease characterized by chronic inflammation of the liver. The best way to describe this disease is to break the term down into its composite words.
Best Answer: No! An autoimmune disease is one where your own body's immune system attacks the body and causes inflammation etc.... HIV is caused by a virus. No, the auto in autoimmune means that the body attacks its own immune system. HIV is Human Immunodeficiency Virus. It is an alien (does not originate from the body) and destroys the host's immune system. The immune system becomes so weak that it can't defend the body against everyday bugs.