Autoimmune disease

Symptoms of Candida Overproduction and Treatment The fungus Candida is a form of yeast found in your intestine and mouth in small amounts. The function of this fungus is to help the process of digestion and absorption of nutrients. However, overgrowth of Candida causes the fungus to enter the blood by breaking down the intestine wall. It releases toxic byproducts causing digestive issues, leaky gut and depression. How does Candida overgrowth happen? The bacterium in the gut that is not…

be vaccinated because of her compromised immune system that resulted from the cancer (vaccines rely on a person’s ability to fight off a “deactivated” version of a disease so that their immune system knows how to fight off the actual virus, but when a person has a compromised immune system, often as a result of cancer or an autoimmune disorder, they lose the ability to fight off the virus and cannot be vaccinated). Her mother, Melissa Beck, says that, “‘It’s a matter of life and death for these…

Psoriasis - Symptoms Before going to discuss the symptoms of psoriasis let’s have a look what is psoriasis? What is psoriasis? Psoriasis is a bacterial chronic skin infection or autoimmune condition which causes the excessive development of skin cells. We can say that psoriasis results in the rapid increase and production of skin cells. The skin cells develop thick inside the human skin and then slowly rise to the surface of the body. However, finally they drop off, and this cycle is almost…

(alcohol, certain drugs) and auto immune diseases can also cause hepatitis. There are 5 main hepatitis viruses, referred to as type A, B, C, D, and E. These 5 are of greatest concern because of the burden of illness and death they cause and potential of outbreaks and epidemic spread. Particularly, types B and C lead to chronic disease in hundreds of millions of people and together, are the most common care of liver cirrhosis…

your risk of cancer. What are the causes? The cause of this condition is not known. What increases the risk? You are more likely to develop this condition if: You are African American. You are 50 years old or older. You are male. You have an autoimmune disease. You have been exposed to radiation. You have a family history of MGUS. What are the signs or symptoms? There are no symptoms of this condition. How is this diagnosed? This condition may be…

when gluten is removed from the diet. However, they do not test positive for celiac disease. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease caused by a reaction to gliadin; a gluten protein found in wheat, barley, rye, and sometimes oats. The history of why and when wheat and thus gluten has changed, affecting our bodies differently, can be traced back to a man by the name of Norman Borlaug. Borlaug had good intentions to help feed the world. He genetically modified the wheat crop to produce high…

Myasthenia gravis is a neurological disorder that affects the immune system and causes chronic muscle weakness in the skeletal muscles of the human body. The name myasthenia gravis means "grave muscle weakness". A strong indication of myasthenia gravis is muscle weakness that heighten during periods of physical activity and decrease after resting periods. Muscles like those that control eye and eyelid movement, facial expression, eating, speaking, breathing and neck and limb movements can all…

in one piece. Gluten is very common in many foods, but for some people eating gluten can cause a sensitive stomach, making it hard for these nutrients to be absorbed the right way. A gluten free diet is for the people who do not have celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder that can occur when the ingestion of gluten leads to damage in the small intestine, but want to flush out their immune system. The diet consists of taking the same precautions as a person with celiac would except for the fact…

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aspect of your health? Inflammation is at the root cause of all pain and disease. It is responsible for arthritis pain and stiffness, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, thyroid issues, cancer and more. Most of us, at one time or another in our lives, will suffer from the effects of inflammation. Even sadder, most will turn to traditional medicine and be prescribed medications that will only mask the symptoms of our disease instead of getting to the root cause of it. This article will help…