Re: Unregulated industry--Immune system

[Guest guest]

Can someone tell me about the immune system problems? Do many of you

now have immune system diseases since being exposed? Which immune

system problems are most common? I am having immune system problems

and would appreciate your advice.

--- In , LiveSimply <quackadillian@...>

wrote:

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> The flip side of that claim is that some mold toxins MAKE people

> 'immunocompromised'.

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> They create a favorable habitat for themselves in many ways.. one of

them is

> by destroying (our) immune systems..

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[Guest guest]

--- In , " charlesb35 " <charlesb35@...>

wrote:

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> Can someone tell me about the immune system problems? Do many of you

> now have immune system diseases since being exposed? Which immune

> system problems are most common? I am having immune system problems

> and would appreciate your advice.

>

Immune system problems are typically divided into two categories:

1) Autoimmune disorders, which is the result of an over-active immune

system. Many folks will develop lots of auto-antibodies. One of the

most common for folks with biotoxin illnesses is anti-anticardiolipin

antibodies, which cause clotting problems. Anti-gliaden antibodies are

extremely common and those usually indicate that you should be

following a gluten-free diet, which typically provides alot of symptom

relief. Then, there's the whole boatload of autoimmune diseases such

as Rheumatoid Arthritis (this one goes along with the DR4 genotype),

Lupus, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Multiple Sclerosis, etc. There are

some researchers (such as Dr. Fine) that believe that the

gluten reaction is at the root of many of these auto-immune disorders

and you'll find that there is a genetic correlation between these

disorders and the genotypes that Dr. Shoemaker has identified as being

pre-disposed to biotoxin illness. So, it's really quite difficult to

separate out the problems - I honestly think that's why there are many

people that are being treated for auto-immune diseases that aren't

better.

2) An under-active immune system resulting in the person collecting

every bug around. Folks with these problems often have frequent

pneumonia, fungal infections, bronchitis, etc. An extreme case of this

problem is AIDs.

My personal experience has been that you can have an under-active

immune system and still experience some of the auto-immune problems,

you just don't generate high enough antibodies that the doctors notice

them. I have strong reactions to gluten and have had tremendous

symptom reduction by following a gluten-free diet and I'm also

hypothyroid, but I only measure high normal when they measure

antibodies on blood tests.