AutoImmune Conditions
Autoimmune responses against endocrine glands are commonplace in clinical practice. Many individuals in the healthcare system present with autoimmune endocrine patterns that are not addressed in case management by healthcare providers. It is NOT considered standard practice to investigate autoimmune eendocrine dysfunction with individuals that present with glandular defect. The question of why the individual’s gland stopped working normally is never questioned. Clinically, when a patient presents with an autoimmune endocrine pattern, nutritional support specific for the endocrine gland, glandular therapy and even hormone replacement does very little to improve the individual’s response and physiology. In these cases the clinical focus must be on modulating the immune attack against the gland.
Autoimmune repsonses can occur against any gland, any tissue, any hormone, or neurotransmitter. The thyroid is the most common endocrine gland attacked by the the body’s immune system. Other common areas effected include the pancreas (causing autoimmune Type 1 diabetes), parietal cells (causing pernicious anemia), gut (causing celiac disease), the cerebellum (causing MS), myelin sheaths (causing neuropathy), joints (causing RA), Lupus and SLE just name a few. These conditions must be addressed from an autoimmune standpoint in order to achieve long lasting modulation of the gentic expression of the condition.
In our office we utilize a metabolic assessment form, which goes over many symptoms which are commonly present when the body is not functioning properly. We use complete blood panels (including immune panels which breakdown the lymphocytes (WBC) and cytokine panels), sensitivity testing for antigens, metabolic tests for bacterial, viral, parasitic infections and salivary adrenal stress tests. As you can see, we leave no stone unturned when it comes to diagnosis and management of these chronic metabolic conditions.
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Special thanks to Dr. Kharrazian for his endless work in this emerging field.
