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Approximately 50 million people, mostly women, suffer from the almost 100 different types of autoimmune disease in the United States of America. Autoimmune diseases are characterized by the body’s immune responses being misdirected against its own tissues causing chronic inflammation and subsequent tissue destruction and pain. Autoimmune disorders can cause immune-responsive cells to attack the lining of joints, an example of this is rheumatoid arthritis, or to trigger other immune cells to attack the insulin producing cells in the pancreas, like in insulin dependent diabetes.
When the immune system is working correctly it recognizes, identifies, targets, remembers, attacks, and destroys bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites, cancer cells or most other non-self agents that become present in the body. A misdirected immune system occurs in autoimmune diseases and turns our own immune system against our own tissues leading to leading to inflammation, destruction of tissue, and pain.
Autoimmune diseases include, yet are not limited to, Crohn’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), lupus, multiple sclerosis, Grave’s disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Lupus, polymyalgia rheumatica, Psoriasis, Raynaud’s disease, sarcoidosis, scleroderma, Sjogren’s syndrome.
Typically, conventional medicine addresses the disease with pharmaceuticals and the noble goal to manage symptoms and to improve the quality of the patient’s life. Often times the medications used to treat the disease, sometimes oral chemotherapy, are very powerful manipulators of the immune system and cause serious side effects. The physicians at Bodhi Body are also looking to decrease pain and improve the quality of our patient’s lives while also searching for possible underlying causative factors.
Most autoimmune diseases have unknown causative agents yet the diseases are associated with numerous factors including genetics, diet, toxins, infections, nutritional deficiencies, and even stress levels. All of these factors play a role in our immune system working optimally and successfully distinguishing our cells from outside invaders. When these factors are identified and addressed the disease can be put into remission, allowing the patient to regain their health, and have a higher quality of life.
Bodhi Body’s autoimmune treatment protocol is designed to reduce inflammation, repair the damaged tissue, decrease free-radical damage, improve liver function, support gastrointestinal health, reduce stress, and lessen the patient’s symptoms.
Is your current treatment plan addressing the disease on all of these levels giving you the best chance at remission?
If you have an autoimmune disease, there are things you can do to feel better. Please contact our office and speak with one of our Patient Advocates today at 877-820-5115.
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