Autoimmune disease affects millions of people worldwide. It is the leading cause of death among female children and women 65 years and younger. The typical treatment is an immune suppressant which basically disables the immune system from protecting the patient from even common diseases. Often the medications offered do not correct the problem.  They usually only treat the symptoms.  Auto immune disease is usually the result of a long history of attacks on the immune system that finally manifests itself.  

In order to prevent autoimmune disease it is important to recognize the immune system dysregulation long before someone is bad enough to actually be diagnosed with an autoimmune disease.  

Early signs of autoimmune disease development:  eczema, allergies, asthma, irritable bowel, inflammatory bowel, recurrent infections of any kind and even cancer.   When we fix what lead to the autoimmune disease we should expect to improve every significant symptom at same time. What causes the immune system to break and attack the body? There are several causes such as vitamin deficiencies, hormone imbalances and deficiencies, toxic stress and cortisol issues, environmental toxins, chronic infections and gut imbalance (leaky gut).  When the gut is off,  it has a direct negative impact on the immune system as 80% of the immune system surrounds the gut.  

Common autoimmune diseases:  

Addison’s disease

Alopecia areata

ALS

Alzheimer's

Ankylosing spondylitis

Autoimmune myocarditis

Autoimmune oophoritis, orchitis, pancreatitis, urticaria

Cardiovascular disease

Celiac disease

Chronic fatigue

Dermatitis herpetifomis

Diabetes

Discoid lupus

Endometriosis

Fibromyalgia

Giant cell arteritis

Glomerulonephritis

Hashimotos thyroidis

Hemolytic anemia

Hidradenitis suppurativa

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura

Interstitial cystitis

Type 1 diabetes

Kawasaki disease

Lupus

Meniere’s disease

Mixed connective tissue disease

Multiple sclerosis

Myositis

Narcolepsy

Neutropenia

Osteoporosis

Polymyalgia rheumatica

Polymyositis

Postmyocardial infarction syndrome

Psoriasis

Psoriatric arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis

Sarcoidosis

Scleritis

Scleroderma

Sjogren’s syndrome

Temporal arteritis

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Thyroid eye disease

Transverse myelitis

Vasculitis

The good thing is that no matter what the disease name it can be corrected if the patient is willing and able to make lifestyle changes that eliminate the causes of autoimmune disease.  We start with comprehensive testing and interventions to help support the gut which in turn creates an environment where all the necessary nutrients are available for the body to be reset to how it should function.

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