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Thought this was interesting....This is off a website called

www.gethealthy.com.

Symptoms of Autoimmune Diseases

Spouses and family members, even though someone may look perfectly

healthy, if they have an autoimmune diseases, they are truly ill. It

is not in their head.

The following symptoms are common in many, if not all, autoimmune

diseases.

Fatigue: It's not a good fatigue, from working hard, but an anxious,

uncomfortable fatigue related to lack of sleep. Or a disruption of

the energy production mechanism in cells, either from lack of

oxygen, increased toxicity, infections or a malfunction of the

mitochondria.

Sleep Disturbance: About 80% may wake up three or four times a

night, or in some cases you don't wake up, but in the morning you

still feel like a truck ran over you. The reason for this is that

subliminal seizures kick you out of stage 4, Delta sleep, to stage 1

sleep so you can't sleep deeply and wake up not rested.

Short Term Memory Loss: Because of the low thyroid and heart

complications typical in autoimmune diseases, there is a decrease in

blood flow to the left lobe of the brain causing an oxygen

deficiency in the brain. This can lead to the memory loss and

forgetfulness that is common in autoimmune diseases.

Emotional Liability: Someone may cry more easily, be more anxious

and fearful. This is caused by the illness, and is not a

psychological reaction!

Depression: As with the emotional symptoms, the hypothalamus is

involved. This is not clinical depression, but literally has a

physical cause that is sometimes experienced as a deep depression

right in the heart.

Low Thyroid Function. About 85% have this symptom, but only about

10% of the time does it show up on a typical thyroid test. If you

get tested, have both a T3 and T4 done. About 10% have excessive

hair loss. For most everyone, a poorly performing thyroid will show

up as subnormal temperatures.

Gastrointestinal Problems: About 75% have this symptom. Can be

anything from gas, bloating, cramps, diarrhea or constipation to

hiatal hernia, irritable bowel syndrome or Crohn's Disease.

Sometimes taking a simple homeopathic remedy like arsenicum album,

6x or 6c and make a difference with this.

Swollen Glands, Chemical Sensitivity, Headaches: Allergies often

develop, usually after 3 to 5 years. Eyes can be light sensitive for

6 months or longer. Dry eyes can develop. About 20% experience a

very uncomfortable disequilibrium of vertigo, almost an out of body

feeling that can be most disconcerting.

Pain and Fibromyalgia: Often diagnosed as a separate illness,

fibromyalgia is basically a symptom that can occur with any

autoimmune disease. If you have it, you've got pain. Often in the

neck and in shoulder muscles extending down the back. Can be in the

joints and muscles also.

Low Blood Sugar.

Candida Yeast Infections: These are very common. Check your tongue.

If it has a white coating, you have it. Or take the spit test you

will read about later. Women may get vaginal yeast infections caused

by candida overgrowth. A candida infection on its own can cause a

number of autoimmune type symptoms. Sinus infections often are

caused by candida.

Tingling hands. Ringing ears. Cold toes. Cold fingers. Metallic

taste in mouth. Caused by poor circulation and who knows what.

Overdoing: You overexercise or overwork when your are feeling good,

and then feel worse for days afterward. This can cause serious

problems. In healthy people the body shuts down when the anaerobic

threshold is reached as a lot of pain is experienced. This warning

does not occur if you have an autoimmune disease. Instead, the body

continues to exercise and experiences no pain as the lactic acid

builds up, and the body ends up recirculating carbon dioxide. This

is not a healthy thing to have happen to you. It is important not to

push too hard when you start recovering, or this will set you back

and wipe you out.

Fluttering Heart. Panic Attacks. Rapid Heartbeat. Mitral Valve

Prolapse. Usually blood pressure is low, though it can get high

later on. The heart underpumps blood because it is getting incorrect

messages from the autonomous nervous system. The body's feedback

loop picks this up and over-reacts. And you get these symptoms.

If you have autoimmune illness, it is not likely you have all these

symptoms. However, you will have many of them to one degree or

another.

Leanne