Given below are two statements: [2022]
Statement I: Autoimmune disorder is a condition where body defense mechanism recognizes its own cells as foreign bodies.
Statement II: Rheumatoid arthritis is a condition where body does not attack self cells.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(3)
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a result of auto-immune reaction. In RA, immune system mistakenly attacks healthy self cells in our body, causing inflammation, painful swelling in the affected parts of the body.