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Autoimmune Disease Symptoms : A Natural Perspective On Autoimmune Disorders

Autoimmune Disease Symptoms : Autoimmunity involves the immune system failing to recognize the body’s cells and tissues as being a part of the body, which results in the immune system attacking those cells and tissues. Any disease resulting from autoimmunity is called an auto-immune disorder.
There are over 60 known disorders thought to [...]

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What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Autoimmune Disorders: The Revolutionary, Drug-Free Treatments for Thyroid Disease, Lupus, MS, IBD, Chronic Fatigue; Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Other Diseases (Paperback)

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The immune system is a scapegoat for a variety of ills in this wide-ranging but tendentious guide to approaching diseases like lupus, Crohn’s disease, MS, and rheumatoid arthritis. The author argues that autoimmune disorders, in which a malfunctioning immune system attacks healthy tissues, are caused [...]

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Women and Autoimmune Disease: The Mysterious Ways Your Body Betrays Itself (Hardcover)

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Lahita, a doctor who wrote the textbook on autoimmune disease for medical professionals, as well as a layperson’s book on rheumatoid arthritis , concentrates here on how autoimmune diseases afflict women, who make up 75% of cases nationwide. A healthy immune system defends the body [...]

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Autoimmune disease: Therapeutic markets : new therapies target causes, not symptoms (Unknown Binding)

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Graves Disease – Understanding the Basics

Graves Disease is the main cause of hyperthyroidism and is caused by a defect in the immune system. Autoimmune disease may be understood as a process by which the body sees some part of itself as being foreign and reacts to it much the same way that it would with any bacteria or virus.  In [...]

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The Autoimmune Epidemic (Paperback)

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Type 1 diabetes, Crohn’s disease, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis—all these increasingly common illnesses are autoimmune diseases in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues or nervous system. Equally alarming, as journalist Nakazawa tells us, is researchers’ growing suspicion that autism may be an autoimmune [...]

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The Autoimmune Connection: Essential Information for Women on Diagnosis, Treatment, and Getting On With Your Life [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

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“…provides valuable information on managing one’s own disorder and lists treatments and possible new ways to alter immune responses.” — New York Times, July 1, 2003″These disorders pose unique treatment challenges, and this up-to-date information provided will be welcome in women’s health collections.” — Library [...]

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Women, Work, and Autoimmune Disease: Keep Working, Girlfriend! (Paperback)

Review”The authors use first-person accounts to illustrate their advice on coping simultaneously with symptoms and the challenges of the workplace; developing a financial plan; communicating with coworkers, employers, and loved ones; building a support team; and balancing work and family responsibilities. A little book with lots of useful advice; [...]

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Living Well with Autoimmune Disease: What Your Doctor Doesn’t Tell You…That You Need to Know (Paperback)

Amazon.com Review
Autoimmune diseases affect 50 million Americans, mostly women, who frequently remain undiagnosed and untreated, or are treated ineffectively. Living Well with Autoimmune Disease helps readers pinpoint symptoms, find the right practitioner, and learn cutting-edge approaches to reduce symptoms and reverse their disease. [...]

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