A recent study in England has shown that people who have an autoimmune disease are 20% more likely to get dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. This evidence is based on the effects of chronic inflammation which is common for autoimmune disorders and the triggers that can cause dementia. When an immune system goes into overdrive, immune cells attack healthy brain tissue. As more research was done, it was noticed that people … [Read more...]
Dangers Of Immunotherapy Treatment
When life tries to beat us down, humanity for the most part will be resilient and fight back. This is also true when we get any disease including cancer. We will do whatever is in our power to beat it and survive. We will climb any tall mountain, leave no stone unturned and take any medication or herb that gives us the chance to live. The one thing we don't do is pause for a moment and think about what we are doing. Lets … [Read more...]
When To Use Remicade
The hardest diseases to treat are those that are considered autoimmune diseases. These diseases are caused by our immune system's inability to recognize friend from foe from within. There are three basics characteristics that define an autoimmune disease. First there is destruction or damage to tissues. Secondly there is altered organ growth followed lastly by the inability for organs to function properly. Prescription … [Read more...]
What Is An Anti Inflammatory Diet?
Whenever people hear the word diet, they start to get nervous and sweat wondering how many salads they have to eat or what foods they have to surrender. An anti inflammatory diet (#antiinflammatorydiet) is a bit different and one that people should be nervous about. The intent is to reduce inflammation in the body and give your immune system a chance to relax. The purpose of inflammation is to alert the body to start … [Read more...]
The Truth About Inflammation
Have you ever woken up and found a rash on your chest in the morning or how about a large red spot on a paper cut? Any individual has the ability to heal himself or herself from injury or infection with the help of the immune system. For the most part, we normally don't notice it but healing occurs through the process of inflammation (#inflammation) in which your body is alerted to where it needs help most. It is not … [Read more...]
Life Gets Worse After Ebola
Now that the ebola virus scare is down to a whimper, what happened to all those patients who have survived the infection? They didn't have access to the cure like the American doctors that were treated in the United States. Their immune system was able to fight off the ebola virus with some medical help but not get fully cured. One would think that surviving this infection would be considered a stroke of luck or even the … [Read more...]
Curing The HIV Epidemic
AIDS is a scary word. It is one of those words on a medical test that will keep you up at night. Waiting for the results flashbacks to all the times of unprotected sex and wishing you used a condom. Or the times, you did some heroin and shared a needle, whatever your preference was. You look for the obvious symptoms such as lesions and the flu. The slightest rash on your body has you running to websites to quietly self … [Read more...]
Food Allergies Out Of Control
As you go to birthday parties for children do you see what I have accustomed to seeing? Parents bringing cupcakes or sweets designed for their kids due to a food allergy. As I visit my friends who have kids, I see and hear about children who are allergic to more foods and parts of the environment than I remember when I was growing up. My memory doesn't recollect all these allergies growing up. Sure, I had asthma and was … [Read more...]
A Virus To Fear
Recently, I read a report whereby the H7N9 bird flu virus has claimed the life of a medical professional in Shanghai, renewing concerns that the virus can spread between people. The H7N9 is a bird virus that has jumped to humans. This occurs mostly through direct contact through poultry or human to human contact. Chinese Media Based on reports from china, there was no evidence that the thoracic surgeon who … [Read more...]
Psoriasis Warning
In my life, I have know a few friends who had a skin condition called psoriasis. Initially I thought it was about not keeping clean or sweating too much. Once I did research, I found out that it was an immune system response to your skin cells. Psoriasis occurs when your immune system thinks that your skin cells are pathogens and sends out signals to create more skin cells. So you have skin cells on top of skin cells … [Read more...]