Autoimmune Diseases

Holistic Therapy for Autoimmune Diseases

The diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis or neurodermatitis, i.e. an autoimmune disease, represents a severe turning point for every person.

This often creates the impression that these conditions are genetically determined and that a causal treatment is therefore not possible. Unfortunately, patients are often told this. What seemingly remains is a path of suffering from one therapy to the next and the seemingly hopeless battle with constant side effects.

In fact, autoimmune diseases are genetically determined, but in each person to a different degree and with a different course.

Genetics is only one side of the coin. On the other hand, in addition to genetic changes, other environmental factors, past infections, and psychological influences such as stress, trauma, or severe grief play an equally significant role as triggers or later in the development of the disease.

In this respect, every patient has a significant influence on their disease and their quality of life.

Autoimmune diseases are caused by changes in the immune system. Strengthening and re-balancing the immune system, complementary immunotherapy, is therefore a very sensible approach for support in this difficult situation.

Development of Autoimmune Diseases

Like chronic diseases, certain autoimmune diseases (e.g. type 1 diabetes mellitus or multiple sclerosis) are on the rise. They now represent the third most common disease group after cardiovascular and tumor diseases.

There are approximately 80-100 different autoimmune diseases.

The characteristic of these diseases is that our immune system, which normally protects us from pathogens, now attacks and destroys our own body cells. This can affect all cells in our body, and the range of possible diseases is correspondingly wide.

For this reason, symptoms, particularly in the early stages, are often very diffuse and difficult to pinpoint, and patients often report an odyssey of doctor’s visits, examinations, and treatment attempts.

Autoimmune diseases lead to inflammatory reactions that, if left untreated, can lead to the destruction of tissues and organs.

Such autoimmune diseases can be limited to specific organs (ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, diabetes mellitus type 1, multiple sclerosis, Graves’ disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis) or spread to the entire body, such as in diseases of the rheumatic type (rheumatoid arthritis, lupus erythematosus, Sjögren’s syndrome, scleroderma etc.) or the skin (psoriasis, neurodermatitis).

An overview of autoimmune diseases and further information can be found on the website of the “German Society for Autoimmune Diseases e.V.”.

Causes

“The causes for the occurrence of autoimmune diseases are very diverse and complex. An autoimmune disease can only be triggered by the interaction of various factors…

The causes include:

• Impaired regulation of the immune system, loss of tolerance
• Exogenous (triggering) factors, such as
  • Stress
  • Viruses, bacteria, parasites
  • Medications
  • Environmental pollutants
• Gender (female > male)
• Genetic factors
• Special immunological situation, e.g. pregnancy
• Accompanying disease in malignancies”¹

However, also, partly long-past, past infections, diet, changes in the composition of our gut flora, heavy metal exposure, and the body’s supply of micronutrients are increasingly coming into focus and play an increasing role as triggers of autoimmune diseases and for the severity of symptoms.

Source:

¹ https://www.imd-berlin.de/spezielle-kompetenzen/autoimmunshyerkrankungen

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