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Auto immune disorders

The immune system produces antibodies that attack healthy cells by mistake that result in damage to the tissues and organs.

There are at least 80 different types of autoimmune diseases, and some have similar symptoms. Although each disease is unique, many share hallmark symptoms, such as fatigue, dizziness, and low-grade fever.

Homeopathy can enhance the immune system and helps to lower the antibodies in the body and thus further delaying the progress of the auto immune diseases. Even though the basic pathology is inflammation, each auto immune disease is unique, and thus individualized homeopathic constitutional remedies provides the best and most long-lasting results.

When the immune system, a complex array of organs, cells and molecules distributed throughout your body, responsible for protecting your body from harmful invaders such as germs, viruses and other foreign substance, unable to a make difference between ‘self' and ‘foreign', it forms "auto antibodies" that attack healthy cells by mistake that results in damage to the tissues and organs. These diseases can affect almost any part of the body.

There are at least 80 different types of autoimmune diseases, and some have similar symptoms.

Some of the most common autoimmune diseases include

  • Rheumatoid arthritis - The immune system produces antibodies that produce inflammatory joint symptoms throughout the body, including in the hands, fingers, elbows, knees, and hips causing inflammation, swelling, and pain. The symptoms like fatigue, fever, weight loss, and loss of appetite tend to come on quickly and worsen in a matter of weeks, rather than developing slowly over time. If untreated RA gradually causes permanent joint damage.

  • Type 1 diabetes - The antibodies which destroys the insulin-producing in the pancreas causes this insulin dependent (previously known as juvenile) diabetes. Usually diagnosed in children and young adult and requires insulin therapy to survive.

  • Lupus (Systemic lupus erythematosus) - The auto antibodies produces inflammation and damage to various body tissues. Lupus (SLE) can affect many parts of the body, including the joints, skin, kidneys, heart, lungs, blood vessels, and brain. Signs and symptoms may come on suddenly or develop slowly, may be mild or severe, and may be temporary or permanent.

  • Hashimoto's thyroid disease - Also called as chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis. Antibodies directed against the thyroid gland results in chronic inflammation leads to gradual decline in function and eventually an underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism).Most common cause of hypothyroidism and generally presents with symptoms and signs of it such as fatigue, constipation, weight gain, depression, dry skin, and sensitivity to cold. Sometimes can be associated with goiter too. Though occurs in any ages, more common in women than in men and most often starts in adulthood. Anti-TPO antibodies (TPOAb) and Thyroglobulin antibody (TgAb) found in nearly 95% cases. The prognosis is excellent with proper treatment.

  • Multiple sclerosis (MS) - Though the exact cause is unclear, it's thought to be caused by auto antibody attacking the protecting layer (Myelin) of nerves, and, eventually damaging underlying nerves .The symptoms can vary according to the location of nerve damaged. Early symptoms include weakness, tingling, numbness, and blurred vision. Other signs are muscle stiffness, thinking problems, and urinary problems. As there is no single test as confirmatory, diagnose is by a patient's history, physical exam, and tests such as MRI, lumbar puncture, and evoked potential testing. Usually prognosis is good, those who doesn't get treatment may develop mobility dysfunction.

  • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) - The exact cause remain unknown, one of the possible cause is due to the inflammation in digestive tract caused by the immune system. types are Crohn's disease(although most commonly in the lower part of the small intestine, it involves throughout the gastrointestinal tract) and ulcerative colitis(involves only the large intestine).Symptoms includes episodes of diarrhea, rectal bleeding, urgent bowel movements, abdominal pain, fever, and weight loss.

  • Graves' disease - The immune system produces antibodies that stimulate the thyroid gland to release excess amounts of thyroid hormone into the blood (hyperthyroidism). Symptoms include bulging eyes, weight loss despite eating normally, nervousness, irritability, rapid heart beats, fatigue, brittle hair, goiter, and irregular menstrual cycles.

  • Celiac disease (gluten-sensitive enteropathy) - Immune system attacks lining of small intestine when some gluten foods are eaten, leads to malabsorption of certain nutrients. Though symptoms may vary, common symptoms include diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss, bloating and anemia, and can lead to serious complications.

Although each disease is unique, many share hallmark symptoms, such as fatigue, dizziness, and low-grade fever. The classic sign is inflammation, which can cause redness, heat, pain, and swelling. The classic sign, inflammation, often reflected in a patient's blood as an elevated ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate) and/or CRP (C-reactive protein).

The diseases may also have flare-ups and remissions and treatment depends on the disease.

Auto antibodies are formed as a result of some triggering factor.

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