AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER?
Joint pain, muscle pain or weakness or a tremor?
Weight loss, insomnia, heat intolerance or rapid heartbeat?
Recurrent rashes or hives, sun-sensitivity, a butterfly-shaped rash across your nose and cheeks?
Difficulty concentrating or focusing?
Feeling tired or fatigued, weight gain or cold intolerance?
Hair loss or white patches on your skin or inside your mouth?
Abdominal pain, blood or mucus in your stool, diarrhea or mouth ulcers?
Dry eyes, mouth or skin?
Numbness or tingling in the hands or feet?
Autoimmune Disorders
Some examples of autoimmune disorders are Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, thyroid issues, Psoriasis, and Celiac Disease. The symptoms are caused by the immune system getting out of control and causing systemic inflammation. This immune response will cause the body to attack its own tissues.
Your immune system is there to recognize and fight off invaders, such as viruses, bad bacteria, toxins, and allergens. When functioning properly, the immune system will recognize what is good and what is a foreign invader. It will attack the bad bacteria and viruses.
When the immune system gets confused, it will attack good tissue and this is where the problem lies. It will attack what it should not. The immune system will attack joints, the brain, the thyroid, the gut, skin, the pancreases, the intestines, or other organs.
Traditional medicine will treat the symptoms with immune suppressing medications. Functional Medicine doctors will address the inflammation in the body by finding the source of the problem and address the source, not covering up the symptoms with medications.
Please contact us now to regain your health by working with Dr. Kalie