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What Is Autoimmunity?
Autoimmunity occurs when the immune system, which is designed to protect the body from harmful threats, mistakenly begins attacking healthy cells and tissues. Conditions such as Hashimoto’s, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and multiple sclerosis are examples of autoimmune diseases.
While medications may help manage symptoms and reduce immune activity, understanding what may have triggered the immune dysfunction is an important part of a root-cause approach. Potential triggers can include infections, environmental toxins, dietary factors, and other stressors. By identifying and addressing these underlying factors, the goal is to support healthier immune function and the body’s natural ability to heal.
Common Symptoms of Autoimmunity
Autoimmune symptoms can vary widely depending on which tissues and systems are affected. Common signs include persistent fatigue, joint or muscle pain, inflammation, digestive issues, brain fog, headaches, skin changes, numbness or tingling, and unexplained changes in weight or energy. Symptoms may come and go, making autoimmune conditions difficult to recognize and diagnose
Persistent Fatigue
Joint or Muscle Pain
Digestive Issues
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Frequently Asked Questions
Autoimmunity occurs when your immune system becomes confused and starts attacking the good guys (your own cells and tissues) instead of the bad guys, like bacteria, viruses, and toxins.
The first step is testing your blood for specific antibodies. This requires only a simple blood draw.
The short answer is all of them. Every autoimmune condition has two things in common: a genetic predisposition that makes the condition possible, and one or more triggers that set the immune system off course. Addressing these triggers can, in theory, help calm any autoimmune disease.
Common autoimmune triggers include infections, environmental toxins, dietary proteins such as gluten and dairy, and emotional trauma. In many cases, more than one trigger is involved.