Sentences with phrase «as autoimmune dysfunction»

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It should radically transform our knowledge of immune function and dysfunction in infectious diseases, autoimmune or inflammatory disorders, and the role of immunocytes in other diseases as diverse as cancer, type 2 diabetes, and psychiatric disease.

Measuring and developing strategies to improve immune dysfunction which occurs in patients suffering from cancer, cancer survivors, recurrent infections, chronic diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, stroke, scleroderma and other autoimmune and chronic illnesses as well as disorders associated with aging and frailty.

Often wounds become chronic as a result of poor blood flow (ischemia), autoimmune dysfunction, degenerative conditions such as lupus or diabetes, radiation burns or even malnutrition.

Dysfunction of these mechanisms drives diseases such as cancers, in which social controls on multicellularity fail, and autoimmune disorders, in which distinctions between self and non-self are disrupted.

Thyroid conversion dysfunctions, thyroid resistance, and autoimmune attacks on the thyroid, such as Hashimoto's disease, all require different care.

He specializes in clinically investigating underlying factors and customizing health programs for chronic conditions such as thyroid issues, autoimmune, hormonal dysfunctions, digestive disorders, diabetes, heart disease and fibromyalgia.

Some doctors dismiss gluten - free as a mere fad, 5 fueled by celebrity endorsements and an increasing number of books linking wheat and gluten to a wide range of health problems, from gut dysfunction and allergies to neurological diseases and autoimmune problems.

When understanding autoimmune conditions such as celiac disease or Hashimoto's, one must realize that it all starts with an underlying immune dysfunction.

She specializes in treating a wide variety of conditions, such as autoimmune disease, gastrointestinal disorders, thyroid / adrenal dysfunction, cardiovascular issues, and neurological problems.

Although there is a plethora of research demonstrating the benefits of fasting for autoimmune disease, many people with autoimmunity have hypothalamic - pituitary - adrenal axis dysfunction, colloquially known as «adrenal fatigue».

Amy's own childhood, as the descendant of a famous doctor herself, was fraught with dysfunction that led her to suppress the distress of the first 18 years of her life that finally exploded as a cancerous tumor wedged between her heart and lung and an autoimmune disease that caused critical issues with her treatment.

In fact, we have only recently begun to recognize the subtle signs of early thyroid dysfunction in dogs as prevalence of the autoimmune form of the condition has increased within and among dog breeds.

Felitti and colleagues1 first described ACEs and defined it as exposure to psychological, physical or sexual abuse, and household dysfunction including substance abuse (problem drinking / alcoholic and / or street drugs), mental illness, a mother treated violently and criminal behaviour in the household.1 Along with the initial ACE study, other studies have characterised ACEs as neglect, parental separation, loss of family members or friends, long - term financial adversity and witness to violence.2 3 From the original cohort of 9508 American adults, more than half of respondents (52 %) experienced at least one adverse childhood event.1 Since the original cohort, ACE exposures have been investigated globally revealing comparable prevalence to the original cohort.4 5 More recently in 2014, a survey of 4000 American children found that 60.8 % of children had at least one form of direct experience of violence, crime or abuse.6 The ACE study precipitated interest in the health conditions of adults maltreated as children as it revealed links to chronic diseases such as obesity, autoimmune diseases, heart, lung and liver diseases, and cancer in adulthood.1 Since then, further evidence has revealed relationships between ACEs and physical and mental health outcomes, such as increased risk of substance abuse, suicide and premature mortality.4 7

Recent retrospective and prospective studies have identified strong associations between cumulative traumatic childhood events, such as child maltreatment and family dysfunction, and adult physical disease, such as adult heart disease, liver disease, autoimmune diseases and sexually transmitted infections.36 - 41 Mental health disease and the use of psychotropic medications are also greater in adults who had been maltreated as children.42 - 45