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Therapies to our immune system

Virtually all natural therapies are valid in the autoimmune diseases and that can help us have a better quality of life while avoiding taking many medications. Acupuncture, homeopathy, osteopathy, hydrotherapy, relaxation techniques, etc. are a good complement to milk against these autoimmune diseases.

Vaccines, drugs and excess of childhood infections

If there is one subject that causes controversy is the relationship between vaccines and autoimmune problems. Establish a direct relationship is in general very complex, since the reaction of our immune system by vaccination is not instantaneous, and each case is different. Read the rest of this entry »

If eating well is essential for good health in these cases is even more important. The first thing is to try to eliminate from your diet all foods and products with chemical additives. This is to avoid substances that may affect our immune system.

Within food also try to eliminate those that can produce an allergy especially cow’s milk and dairy in general. Others note that better (or worse) to let other foods (soy or soybeans, coffee, orange, pepper, eggplant, etc.). Read the rest of this entry »

Nutritional Supplements, herbal or medicinal plants

If the patient is a very unbalanced diet for years may be desirable multivitamin tailored to your particular association (with or without iodine, etc..) Within the food we have some that are in themselves multivitamins (pollen, royal jelly, yeast beer, etc.).

Lactobacilli or supplements “intestinal flora” may be interesting in cases of autoimmune diseases when there is a long history of use of antibiotics, laxatives, etc. Remember that balance is essential in intestinal absorption and elimination processes. That will always favor the intestinal mucosa is less permeable and can help reduce allergic tendencies and as herbal medicine may help the immune system is less altered.

In each of the specific autoimmune diseases will require a contribution of nutritional supplements and herbs or herbal preparations concrete. Read the rest of this entry »

Vary by type of disease. Most agree some symptoms such as tiredness and fatigue, chronic ill feeling any pain. Many patients also feel a sense of helplessness and despair to have some kind of disease that the doctor and advised that it is chronic and without hope of cure.

Normally there is often only treatment for the symptoms remit and avoid complications. Read the rest of this entry »

Crohn’s disease: it affects the digestive tract, chronic inflammation occurs dispatched in progressively through episodes. It usually affects the final leg of the small intestine and colon first, although in some cases we found involved other sections of the digestive system.

Pernicious anemia: the stomach does not make intrinsic factor is a substance essential to absorb vitamin B12 from the gastrointestinal tract (basic vitamin for the formation of red blood cells)

Rheumatoid arthritis: inflammation of the joints (wrists, fingers, knees, ankles, etc..) And surrounding tissue but also can affect any organ. It causes a lot of stiffness and pain.

Diabetes Type I: autoimmune disease in the pancreas does not produce (or very little) insulin and glucose levels soar in our body. The person usually notice an excessive thirst, an appetite, fatigue, weight loss, blurred vision and there is a urination (urine) overly abundant. Read the rest of this entry »

The origin of autoimmune diseases is still unknown. There are several theories about why these autoimmune diseases appear.

Definition

Autoimmune diseases are those in which our defenses or immune system function in an abnormal way reacting to some cells of our bodies as if they were enemies and thus damaging them. This mismatch can affect only a tissue, organ or even just producing more and tissue changes. Every time our immune system will see this area more like a foreign body. It is a case similar to allergies, where the body reacts in a manner disproportionate to substances themselves are not a danger to our health. The most affected organs and tissues, usually, are the skin, muscles, joints, blood cells and other blood components and some glands like the pancreas or thyroid. Read the rest of this entry »