Sentences with phrase «cause damage to the immune system»

Some are «systemic» reactions that they affect the whole body, others cause damage to the immune system and can lead to chronic health problems.

There are vaccines that will prevent your dog from getting kennel cough, but studies show that the vaccine can cause damage to the immune system, causing your dog to not fight off illness on it's own.

Not exact matches

Undigested gluten triggers the immune system to attack the lining of the small intestine, causing damage to the intestinal wall.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that occurs when the immune system attacks the body instead of defending it, causing inflammation that often results in serious damage to bones, joints and tendons, and can also affect internal organs like the heart, eyes and lungs.

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (or acronym AIDS or Aids), is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

The authors indicate the capacity of flies to act as vectors for the transmission of damaging microorganisms as a cause of immune system activation.

UV damage to the skin causes the immune system to recruit numerous signalling molecules — such as chemokines — and immune cells to fight infection.

Researchers have long tied type 2 diabetes to chronic inflammation, caused by a ramping - up of immune system activity that ultimately damages insulin receptor signalling and leads to insulin resistance.

The extra radiation in space also weakens the immune system, and it is possible that microgravity and radiation cause more damage to the immune system together than they do separately.

To test the hypothesis that the immune system causes brain damage after a trauma, the scientists compared the lesion size in CD74 deficient mice, vs control strain after a real brain trauma, with the saline injection.

A TROPICAL disease that can fatally damage the heart may take hold in the human body by causing important immune system cells to commit suicide, according to a Brazilian research team.

The altered protein causes the immune system to become supercharged, clearing out the bacteria before they can do any damage.

Allergens are usually proteins (called antigens) found in a non-infectious allergy - causing substance (for example pollens or dust mites), which ultimately trigger the immune system to respond in a way that can be harmful, causing tissue damage and serious disease.

Leprosy hijacks our immune system, turning an important repair mechanism into one that causes potentially irreparable damage to our nerve cells, according to new research that uses zebrafish to study the disease.

This leads the immune system to direct antibodies against the healthy tissue - not just antigens - causing swelling, pain, and tissue damage.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is thought to be an immune - mediated disease, most likely auto - immune, in which the immune system attacks the oligodendrocytes, causing damage to the myelin sheath.

Dr Frank Waldron - Lynch, the BSI member who led the trial now published in PLOS Medicine, said: «Our goal is to develop a treatment that could see the end to the need for these life - long, daily injections by curtailing the early damage caused by the patient's own immune system.»

«They cause overactivity in the immune system, which can lead to joint pain, fatigue, and damage to the blood vessels,» says Scott Zashin, MD, clinical professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

What causes symptoms is the build up of damage to cells, tissues and / or organs in the body — damage caused by your own immune system attacking those cells.

People who have the autoimmune disorder celiac disease need to strictly avoid it, because even small amounts cause their immune system to damage or destroy villi, the tiny, fingerlike outgrowths that line the small intestine.

This superfood is rich in antibacterial compounds and proteins known to stimulate the immune system, along with growth factors to help restore gut permeability, making it the perfect add to your next smoothie if you've been diagnosed with leaky gut or have intestinal damage caused by NSAIDS, antibiotics, or other medications.

Boost your immunity by this superfood: Because they are highly rich in antioxidants, they help in fighting the free radicals which cause damage to the body, thus keeping you away from the risk of chronic diseases by boosting the immune system of the overall body.

In test animals, diets high in polyunsaturates from vegetable oils inhibit the ability to learn, especially under conditions of stress; are toxic to the liver; compromise the integrity of the immune system; depress the mental and physical growth of infants; increase levels of uric acid in the blood; cause abnormal fatty acid profiles in the adipose tissues: have been linked to mental decline and chromosomal damage and accelerate aging.

Perfluorooctanoic acid is linked to damaging the human immune system, altering the endocrine system, causing infertility, damaging children's health and producing development problems, and has been found to be carcinogenic.

They cause damage to nerves, the immune system, the liver and bone marrow.

We use Coffeeberry ® in our Longevity because of its powerful beneficial effects on your immune system and its ability to destroy free radicals that cause damage inside your body because of its high ORAC value.

The condition is autoimmune in nature, which means gluten doesn't cause the damage directly; instead, your immune system's reaction to the gluten protein spurs your white blood cells to mistakenly attack your small intestinal lining.

These include altered and / or decreased immune system function (possibly linked to infections and allergies), collagen loss (think wrinkles), decreased muscle synthesis, increased abdominal fat, bone breakdown, decreased intestinal immunity (possibly leading to GI infections), damage to the lining of the intestines (or leaky gut syndrome), increased stomach acid secretion (think heartburn and ulcers), hippoacampus destruction (leading to problems with circadian rhythm, memory, and causing a feed - forward vicious stress cycle), increased blood pressure, thyroid hormone imbalances, «shutdown» of the reproductive system (possibly leading to miscarriage or infertility), and more.

It boosts the immune system, protects vision, stops the build - up of oxidised fats, and helps to convert carbohydrates into energy and most crucially reduces the damage done to important cell components caused by reactive oxygen molecules such as free radicals and peroxides7.

A flavonoid and natural pigment that gives color to fruits and vegetables, quercetin is a potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant that fights disease - causing free radicals, enhances the immune system and helps to block DNA damage in cells.

In fact, cells damage caused by free radicals appears to be a major contributor to aging and diseases, including cancer, heart disease, and weakening of immune system (2).

One must also support glutathione recycling to balance the immune system, protect body tissue from damage caused by inflammation, and help repair damage.

Sucralose is carcinogenic, toxic to the liver, known to cause birth defects, and damaging to the immune system.

When experiencing gut problems, the intestinal barrier is often damaged, causing the wrong substances and bacteria to «leak» into your body, your immune system to overreact, your energy distribution to go nuts, your hormone levels to bounce around and placing physical stress on your body, which leads to mental stress as well.

«Small injuries to the vascular wall that can be caused by anything from high blood pressure to toxins attract all sorts of metabolic riff - raff, from bacteria to oxidized (damaged) LDL particles; the immune system sends inflammatory cytokines to the area, and more oxidation and inflammation takes place eventually resulting in the growth of plaque and, ultimately, to an increased risk for heart disease.

The fatal flaw of the human immune system, like any well - armed militia, is the ability to cause collateral damage as it performs its genetically programmed function.

This can then start an immune reaction with your body making antibodies against gluten, which in turn can cause damage to your body's organs such as your brain and nervous system.

That indicates the cause of these enamel defects is some malfunction in your immune system, rather than the nutritional deficiencies that develop due to gluten - induced small intestinal damage.

Her approach to treating these complex conditions involves treating the infections using prescription and natural therapies, supporting the body's immune system, and utilizing cutting - edge natural and function medicine therapies to heal and repair damage caused by the infection.

I've written quite a bit about other root causes of Hashimoto's, including toxins like fluoride (which may damage the thyroid), nutrient deficiencies like selenium (Selenium helps to neutralize oxidative stress in the thyroid gland, which occurs whenever we make thyroid hormones), an impaired ability to handle stress that often manifests as adrenal dysfunction (this weakens our natural defenses and suppresses our thyroid production) and chronic infections like Blastocystis hominis (infections can be inside the thyroid, inside the gut, or in another part of the body leading to immune system confusion).

The immune system's job is to work as a unit to identify disease - causing agents and neutralize them before damage is done to our bodies.

Your body is already under attack from your own immune system; therefore it's necessary to remove * any foods that are going to cause additional inflammation and damage.

In addition to comprehensive gluten sensitivity testing, Cyrex also tests for the following: foods that cross react with gluten, damage that gluten can cause to your gut and your brain, and autoimmune reactions (when your immune system attacks and destroys body tissue) that may have gone undiagnosed yet cause chronic symptoms.

Triggers that affect the immune system's response to certain substances may cause the body to react slower than normal, or over-react where the body attacks and damages its own tissues (autoimmune disease).

I also want to stress that LDN is not a cure, but rather an immune modulator that can be used to prevent further damage to the thyroid while one is looking for their root cause or to rebalance the immune system when the root cause can not be found.

It can also cause severe damage to those with weakened immune systems.

Many species of bacteria prosper in the oral cavity that can get into the blood and cause damage to internal organs (heart, kidneys, liver) or overtax the immune system.

Because cats are smaller than most dogs and because their immune systems are more sensitive to the presence of heartworms, each worm causes significantly more damage in a cat.

Bacteria from periodontal disease can weaken the immune system, cause heart, kidney, and liver damage, and contribute to other health - related issues.

Holistic and homeopathic veterinarians find that vaccines, in many dogs, cause the most damage to the immune system and prevent dogs from becoming healthy.