Autoimmune Conditions On the Rise

Autoimmune conditions are rising according to the American Autoimmune Related  Disease Association.  For a list of common Autoimmune conditions go here: http://www.aarda.org/disease-list/.

Autoimmune Facts (shared from AARDA)
• The National Institutes of Health (NIH estimates up to 23.5* million Americans suffer from autoimmune disease and that the prevalence is rising.
• Researchers have identified 80-100 different autoimmune diseases and suspect at least 40 additional diseases of having an autoimmune basis. These diseases are chronic and can be life-threatening.
• Autoimmune disease is one of the top 10 leading causes of death in female children and women in all age groups up to 64 years of age.
• A close genetic relationship exists among autoimmune disease, explaining clustering in individuals and families as well as a common pathway of disease.
• Commonly used immunosuppressant treatments lead to devastating long-term side effects.
• The Institute of Medicine reports that the US is behind other countries in research into immune system self recognition, the process involved in autoimmune disease.
• Understanding how to modulate immune system activity will benefit transplant recipients, cancer patients, AIDS patients and infectious disease patients.

Autoimmune Conditions face critical obstacles in diagnosis and treatment.
• Symptoms cross many specialties and can affect all body organs.
• Medical education provides minimal learning about autoimmune disease.
• Specialists are generally unaware of interrelationships among the different autoimmune diseases or advances in treatment outside their own specialty area.
• Initial symptoms are often intermittent and unspecific until the disease becomes acute.
• Research is generally disease-specific and limited in scope. More information-sharing and crossover among research projects on different autoimmune diseases is needed.

What Can You Do about it?

At Health Solutions Plus, we utilize a special process, ABR Method and the DNA Uprint, that allow us to uncover the source of your symptoms. With Autoimmune conditions, you have to find what is causing the immune system to attack self tissue. Often times, food sensitivities can can play a major role.  Once you identify the source of the problem, there are multiple ways to help correct it.  If you would like more information, feel free to contact our office, 716.773-4707.