In fact, the use of certain antibiotics in Mansfield's study aggravated neurological signs, lesions and the number
of immune antibodies that can mistakenly attack a patient's own organs and tissues.
More specifically, estrogen has been shown to increase the production of auto -
immune antibodies while inhibiting your immune system from properly handling them.
For instance, rheumatoid arthritis occurs
when immune antibodies attack the joints, leading to serious pain and swelling; Hashimoto's disease is an autoimmune thyroid condition, which eventually causes fatigue, depression, and weight gain (among other symptoms); while for those with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, the intestinal tract becomes severely inflamed.
For instance, we can screen for Hashimoto's, an autoimmune thyroid disease that causes hypothyroidism, by testing
for immune antibodies against thyroid peroxidase (TPO) and thyroglobulin (TGB).
Reporting their study data Sept. 22 in the journal Immunity, scientists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center say their findings in mice should also provide insights into new therapeutic strategies and diagnostics for food allergies and anaphylactic shock triggered by
the immune antibody IgE (immunoglobulin E).
Currently, standard treatments consist of receiving FIX made in animal cells (called recombinant), which is expensive to manufacture, must be administered several times per week and can trigger the development of
immune antibodies, rendering it less effective over time.
As you work to heal your gut, lower
your immune antibodies and support hormonal health, these foods CAN be reintroduced — in the right time.
Women with autoimmune disease are more likely to carry
these immune antibodies.