AUTOIMMUNITY & INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE

Описание: Clinical Autoimmunity Questions: Are all autoimmune diseases basically the same? Once I am diagnosed can it be reversed? Does targeting the “underlying triggers’ really help? How does integrative medicine fit in?
And more!
Last week “Part-1”    • AUTOIMMUNITY Q&A - 1  
OUTLINE:
I. WHAT IS AI AND WHAT DISEASES ARE AI?
a. While there are over 80 AI diseases the most statistically common https://www.healthline.com/health/aut... are:
1. Type 1 diabetes 2. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) 3. Psoriasis/psoriatic arthritis 4. Multiple sclerosis 5. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) 6. Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s / Colitis) 7. Addison’s disease 8. Graves’ disease 9. Sjögren’s syndrome 10. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis 11. Myasthenia gravis 12. Autoimmune vasculitis 13. Pernicious anemia 14. Celiac disease
II. WHAT CAUSES AI?
a. Genetic / Gender / Constitutional?
i. Lupus affects more African-American and Hispanic people than Caucasians. Certain autoimmune diseases, like multiple sclerosis and lupus, run in families. Not every family member will necessarily have the same disease, but they inherit a susceptibility to an autoimmune condition. Women get autoimmune diseases at a rate of about 2 to 1 compared to men — 6.4 percent of women vs. 2.7 percent of men. Often the disease starts during a woman’s childbearing years (ages 15 to 44) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
b. Genetics, diet, infections, and exposure to chemicals might be involved. https://www.healthline.com/health/aut...
c. “The number of possible environmental triggers is vast and includes chemicals, bacteria, viruses, and molds.” https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ad/2...
d. What AGGRAVATES the immune system to flare AI?
i. Likely genetic or constitutional underpinning + epigenetic triggers:
1. Toxins (Mycotoxins / Chemicals / Metals)
2. Infections especially chronic and “Stealth” & Resistance factors (EXAMPLES)
3. Endocrine Imbalance – [Chapter 12: Anaya JM Ed. Autoimmunity. From Bench to Bedside. preface, Francesco M. Marincola.-- Bogota: El Rosario University Press. School of de Medicine and Health Sciences, CREA. xiv, 856 pages: ill. (2013) ISBN: 978-958-738-376-8 (Digital)]
4. Diet and Lifestyle triggers (toward inflammation)
5. GI dysbiosis, infection
6. Allergy – Sensitivity
7. Neuro-emotional - 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.23.1.90 & https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00131
III. WHAT ARE ‘STANDARD’ THERAPIES?
a. See last weeks YouTube (LINK ABOVE)
IV. QUESTIONS FROM YOU:
a. Are all autoimmune diseases basically the same?
b. Once I am diagnosed can it be reversed?
c. Does targeting the “underlying triggers” really help?
d. How does integrative medicine fit in?
V. WHAT ARE INTEGRATIVE APPROACHES?
a. Examples of autoimmune cases that “appear” in chronic illness then later “disappear with treatment”:
b. Targets of integrative therapies:
i. Toxins (Mycotoxins / Chemicals / Metals)
ii. Infections especially chronic and “Stealth” & Resistance factors
iii. Endocrine Imbalance
iv. Diet and Lifestyle triggers (toward inflammation)
v. GI dysbiosis, infection
vi. Allergy – Sensitivity
vii. Neuro-emotional
c. Common Targets (beyond treating the above):
i. Diet
ii. Constitutional treatments
iii. Vitamin D & K
iv. Nutritional and antioxidant status
v. Natural immunomodulators (Curcumin, Wormwood/Artemesia, etc. etc.)
vi. Low Dose Naltrexone