AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
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An autoimmune disease occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks itself, targeting the cells, tissues, and organs of a person's own body. There are many different autoimmune diseases, and they can each affect the body in different ways. An autoimmune disease such as multiple sclerosis affects primarily the nervous system. Crohn's disease attacks the tissues of the digestive tract. Two individuals with the same disease may present with completely different symptoms. Therefore, as always, individualizing the treatment approach is necessary.
There are many types of autoimmune diseases. The one thing they all have in common is that there is an immune component to be dealt with. This may involve a [food] allergy adversely affecting the immune system, or another stressor such as high cortisone levels. Immune support is always necessary. Then, depending on the type of autoimmune disease present, more specific neurological and nutritional therapies are investigated and applied.
