Sentences with phrase «severe immune dysfunctions»

I know many patients who started having severe immune dysfunctions and autoimmune conditions following a head injury in a car accident.

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In EAE, as with MS, immune cells attack a nerve cell protein called myelin, causing symptoms ranging from impaired vision to severe motor dysfunction and even death.

We show signs of weak immune systems (variations of primary immunodeficiency, CVID), and «extra» allergies and sensitivities (now known to be mostly from a newly and thus still poorly recognized widespread mast cell activation disease called MCAS, ICD - 10 code coming October 2016, read «Never Bet Against Occam» by L. Afrin, MD), as well as all manner of endocrine imbalances (esp low thyroid, and often adrenal fatigue), some mitochondrial disease and / or dysfunction and all manner and forms of dysautonomia, but especially POTS in the more severe cases.

But even prior to all this, we had severe concerns about VLC / ketogenic diets: the very low triglycerides that these ketogenic dieters attain were being implicated in autoimmune pathogenesis in an Italian study; the mucin deficiency that you mention were also being linked to immune (Secretory IgA deficiency); the T - lymphocyte dysfunction was being linked to ketosis and its effect on thymus; and the general leukopenic effect that a VLC diet has on everyone — this was being attributed to inflammation reduction but we were seeing WBCs fall into the 2s in many people.

Unfortunately, the immune system is not perfect and may develop severe dysfunction.

«Furthermore, protection as indicated by a positive titer result is not likely to suddenly drop off unless an animal develops a severe medical condition or has significant immune dysfunction.

The chronic fatigue syndrome is characterised by a principal complaint of severe fatigue of at least six months» duration associated with appreciable disability and unexplained by recognised organic disease.1 2 3 4 Various causes have been proposed, including chronic viral infection, dysfunction of the immune system, neuroendocrine disturbance, and depression, but all remain controversial.5 6 Many pharmacological treatments have been suggested, but none are of proved value.7