Autoimmune Diseases and What to Watch Out For

Autoimmune diseases, including serious ones like lupus erythematosus and multiple sclerosis, could possibly affect one in every nine women, and one in twelve men. Unfortunately, conventional doctors could offer no hope for patients of autoimmune diseases at the moment.

What exactly are autoimmune diseases?

They occur when your immune system mistakenly takes healthy cells for pathogens or foreign invaders and begins attacking them. Of course, this occurrence creates inflammation, destroys lots of tissues, and eventually causes your organs to malfunction.

What is interesting is while western medicine is left confounded by the growing threat of autoimmune diseases, most developing countries that are dealing with very primitive conditions as well as sanitation problems have no known cases of autoimmune disorders.

Autoimmune diseases could be a little challenging to diagnose with all the intertwined systems or symptoms. Here are the things you should look out for:

1. Vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea could be signs of Celiac disease – a type of autoimmune disease that results to the inflammation of the small intestines. 80 percent of your immune system cells are found in your gut, so it is somehow expected that most autoimmune diseases are associated with gastrointestinal problems.
2. Nausea, stomach cramps, and leaky guts, are also usual symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease which is a chronic inflammation of the lining of the large intestines and the gut. You have to watch out for constipation, frequent urination, and any unusual changes in your appetite and weight.
3. Emotional instability, depression, and sleep disorder that lasts for quite some time can be signs of a serious issue like Graves’ disease or Hashimoto’s disease. You have to know that autoimmune diseases can also affect your mood immensely.

If you have consulted with a doctor and was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder, there is no need for you to panic. You should know that there are different natural programs that are designed to relieve all of your unwanted symptoms as well as encourage a self-healing response from your body.

So, what can you do? Naturally, the right foods, a selection of allergen-free and anti-inflammatory organic ones, will be most beneficial to you. It is also very important to clean up your gut and take the right supplements. At Sloan Natural Health Center, we have detoxification programs that can greatly help you. We can also talk about healthier lifestyle habits and stress-reducing techniques that can definitely help you cope with your autoimmune disease.