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Autoimmune Hepatitis
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Dr. Anshu Gupta
Autoimmune hepatitis is a disease in which the body's immune system attacks liver cells. This causes the liver to become inflamed (hepatitis). Researchers think a genetic factor may predispose some people to autoimmune diseases. About 70 percent of those with autoimmune hepatitis are women, most between the ages of 15 and 40.The disease is usually ...
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Autoimmune hepatitis and systemic sclerosis: a new overlap syndrome?
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Jan
By I Marie and ColleagueOBJECTIVE: We report the cases of two patients with the complete CREST variant (calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, oesophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia) of systemic sclerosis (SSc) who developed autoimmune hepatitis. RESULTS: Our findings suggest that autoimmune hepatitis can be considered to be one of the l ...
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Autoimmunity and Free Radical by Stephen Edelson, M.D.
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Jan
Autoimmunity Unfortunately, there are millions and millions of individuals whose immune systems do not respond normally to an attack. Instead of attacking foreign invaders with antibodies-substances produced by the immune system to fight invaders-the immune system components attack the body's own healthy cells-perhaps bones, joints, blood, brain, n ...
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Our adventure begins….
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misswaxie
At age four, I began my autoimmune mess. One body, one condition. Celiac disease.By 23 I’d developed rheumatoid arthritis, a variant of chronic inflammatory demylinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), undifferentiated connective tissue disease (very lupus-like), and hashimoto’s disease (likely hashimoto’s encephalopathy). Were that not en ...
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WHEN THINGS GO WRONG WITH THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
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Jan
Let's go back to that dark alley. This time your head is down and you're dragging your feet. You've been working hard, you've been eating lots of processed fast foods, and you've been spending too much time in smoky nightclubs. This time when you're attacked, the mugger gets the best of you. Your immune cells fight back, but they're not as effectiv ...
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Vaccine Court: Hepatitis B Shot Caused MS
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Kim S.
By David Kirby All eyes are on Vaccine Court this week, as people await rulings in the autism “test cases” on MMR and thimerosal. But another omnibus proceeding involving Hepatitis B vaccine and autoimmune disorders in adults, including MS, has...
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Hepatitis
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Dr. Anshu Gupta
Hepatitis refers to inflammation of the liver. Most commonly we think of viral hepatitis caused by several different viruses - A, B, C, Delta and Infectious Mononucleosis. Medications may also cause hepatitis.
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Hepatitis
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Julia J.
If you have Hepatitis A please email me immediately. If I had known then what I know now I truly believe I would not still be sick today, 18 months later. If you have any other form of Hepatitis, the treatment is the same so contact me anyway. Your Doctor will probably tell you your body will expel the Hepatitis A virus within two to four weeks. ...
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How do Glyconutrients Work? Immune System
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Jan
The immune system is the body’s way of defending itself against bacteria and other ‘foreign’ substances. The fundamental protective actions involve neutrophils, macrophages, killer cells, and T and B cells. The specific actions of these cells, and how glyconutrients can support their function is explained below. Other terms we of ...
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