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When certain immune cells are out of balance, it might cause the body to mistakenly attack the thyroid, and this could be why some people get autoimmune thyroid diseases.

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The study explains how stress can mess up the body's immune balance, which leads to attacks on the thyroid — and that matches the idea in the claim.

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