Answer: It sounds like he has «Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca» also known as «Dry Eye» which is
an autoimmune disorder where they just don't produce enough tears to keep their eye lubricated and so they are prone to infections and ulceration and hyperpigmentation and (worse - case - senario) blindness.
Fly strike, with its red, crusty, bleeding lesions on the tips of a dog's ears can look just like mange, scratching from allergies, vasculitis — swollen, inflamed blood vessels — or erythematosis,
an autoimmune disorder where the animal's immune system attacks normal, healthy tissue.
«My medical doctors had reached a point in the treatment of
my autoimmune disorder where they couldn't do anything more.
Gluten free diets are a choice for some but essential for individuals living with celiac disease,
an autoimmune disorder where the ingestion of gluten leads to damage in the small intestine.
Not exact matches
Dr. Jolene Brighten is a functional medicine naturopathic doctor and the founder of Rubus Health — a root - cause women's medicine clinic
where she specializes in the treatment of hormone
disorders, including adrenal and thyroid conditions and
autoimmune disease.
Dr. Rokosz was employed with Schering - Plough, Merck and Pharmacopeia
where she honed her drug development skills in many therapeutic areas including, but not limited to, Metabolic Diseases,
Autoimmune disorders and Cancer.
I came accross a couple of studies
where goiter prevalence varied three-fold in neighboring villages with the same iodine & selenium status and presumably similar diets — its a bit bewildering, and I wouldn't be surprised if the major contribution was by viral infection or
autoimmune disorder, with iodine, selenium, and thiocyanates making underlying
disorders visible.
I've read some
where it is an
autoimmune disorder and is like type 2 but acts like type 1 by not responding to diabetic meds and needs to be treated with insulin.
In diseases, such as the different forms of arthritis or in
autoimmune disorders like lupus or multiple sclerosis,
where inflammation manifests chronically, free radicals are permanently produced and have the capacity to cause tissue destruction.
Sage is even hypothesized to confer protection against disease states
where oxidative stress plays an etiological role, such as
autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative disease, and cancer (Garcia et al., 2016).
Instead, we examine a person's physiology to see
where the breakdown has occurred and how we can unwind vicious cycles that perpetuate
autoimmune and inflammatory
disorders:
Celiac disease is a serious
autoimmune disorder that can occur in genetically predisposed people
where the ingestion of gluten leads to damage in the small intestine.
Steroids are also great at suppressing the immune system, meaning it's fantastic for helping control allergic reactions or
autoimmune disorders like
autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA),
where the body attacks the red blood cells and destroys them.
Vet thinks maybe
autoimmune disorder but curious your opinion and
where to start.