Autoimmune disease is when your immune system begins to attack a particular tissue in your body and create inflammation and eventual tissue damage and destruction. Autoimmune disease diagnoses have increased dramatically over the past several decades, and no autoimmune disease is more prevalent than Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. Over 35 million Americans suffer from Hashimoto’s, it is 5-8x more prevalent in women than men, and it is commonly worse around puberty, pregnancy, and perimenopause.