Autoimmune
What is an autoimmune disease?
The immune system is your defense against invaders. Imagine your immune system as an army that must clearly distinguish friend from foe. Your body is always fighting something, whether it’s battling infections, toxins, allergens, or a response to stress. Sometimes, your immune army redirects its hostile attack against you. Your glands, joints, brain, skin, and sometimes your whole body becomes a casualty. A confused immune system is the foundation of autoimmune disease.
Autoimmune diseases are chronic health conditions with sometimes quite complex causes and risk factors for development and progression. There are more than 80 autoimmune diseases and many variations. It’s not uncommon for a person to have multiple autoimmune conditions at once. The holistic management of autoimmune conditions aims to not only relieve the immediate and current symptoms, but also to assess and reduce the impact of potential underlying causes or triggers.
The main triggers:
Aside from family history as a risk factor, there are 7 main triggers or underlying causes of autoimmune disease and inflammation.
Mold
Stress
Hidden Infections
Poorly managed allergies or sensitivities
Nutrient deficiencies or excesses
Leaky Gut
Toxic exposures (heavy metals, pesticides, herbicides, chemicals, electromagnetic fields)
How to master your autoimmune condition naturally:
If we can identify and address the underlying causes of inflammation, we can start to heal the body and moderate the immune system.
There is no one-size-fits-all approach! With a thorough insight into your life, past health history and some detective work, a holistic, natural road map to recovery can be put together. Investigations for gut and digestive health, food intolerances, toxin exposures and nutrient imbalances may help identify root causes which can then be addressed.
I can’t promise you a cure, but I have helped many, including myself, lead a happier healthier more active life with reduced damage from a misdirected immune system.
Personalized anti-inflammatory diet and lifestyle practices along with customized natural medicines and therapies may help you to:
- Reduce or avoid flare-ups
- Reduce the need for rescue medications that have the potential for harmful side effects.
- Have the energy and vitality to return to activities you once enjoyed.
- Stop feeling like you are aging faster than you should be.
