Autoimmune diseases result from an over active immune system that turns on the body and organs of its owner. It turns on the body's own tissues and destroys them. There are dozens of diseases link to autoimmune disorders and many more suspected diseases that can at times be linked to autoimmune issues. The problem in diagnosing autoimmune diseases is that their symptoms can mimic other diseases or be very vague.
Diabetes type 1 results from the immune system destroying the beta cells in the pancreas, multiple sclerosis happens when the body attacks the protective coating around nerves.
Damage from autoimmune disease can be localized, such as joint problems or nerve issues or they can be systemic and affect multiple organs and tissue types!
Autoimmune diseases are more common in women although men can get them too.
Treatments can be supportive, for the symptoms of pain and discomfort, as well as replacing what is destroyed by the disease such as thyroid hormone, or insulin.
There are also chemotherapeutic agents and drugs used in organ transplantation that are given to suppress the immune system and protect the body organs being attacked from severe damage.
http://womenshealth.gov/faq/autoimmune-diseases.cfm
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/autoimmunediseases.html#cat5
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
scared healthy...I wish it was that easy
Molly says this section just reminds you of all the ways you can die...or something along those lines.
Its so true, heart disease, strokes, blood clots, hypertension just to name a few.
The sad thing is so much of them are totally preventable. We hear the stats, and we are taking this class and passing so we are reasonably smart people, but its so hard to change old habits.
I know I need to eat better and exercise, and if I was dying of heart disease I know I would have many regrets... One hour of exercise a day and a healthy diet doesn't sound so bad when your dying, but its to late to go back.
I think this American society has just done a horrible job in promoting healthy lifestyles... Ok so every few years they come out with a new pyramid, but what the hell does that do!? How many people beyond dietitians and personal trainers really look at that!
This 24 hour, get it when I want it, as soon as I want it...Lazy society is killing us.
We are also spreading our lazy disease to other countries, and it is a shame. There is a Mcdonalds in Italy! A Mcdonalds, and the Italians love it....America, and what to do we share with our world...Mcdonalds.
Its disgusting...
In Italy you cant drive in many of the city squares or main shopping area's so people walk and ride their bikes...Many Italians dont even own cars. Stores are not open 24 hours a day, and sometimes for no reason they are not open when they should be lol!
Organic food is not a luxury, it is the norm...and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg. They dont inject their livestock with antibiotics and hormones, its against the law! Kids play (outside!), there are not game stops and video game stores everywhere. I had the opportunity to get to know many Italians and the TV, if they even had one...was small and tucked away, almost never on.
You dont see overweight people in Italy...unless you go to the American military base.
You don't see litter on the side of the road in Italy, except once I saw a taco bell bag on the side of a switchback going up a beautiful Italian mountain....They sell Taco Bell on base.
I am guilty of falling back into bad habits and laziness, and I hate myself for it sometimes...
It was easy there to be healthy and conscious of it....Here in America, they breed this disease.
There is no direction but fat, lazy and unhealthy and if your not fat, unhealthy and lazy, your swimming upstream. They put out a pyramid chart....but here organic food and fruits and veggies are the most expensive food in the store, Gyms are expensive luxury to those who can afford it, and they are continuing to cut back on physical education in schools.
So kids and adults are going to continue to expand their waistlines, and drug companies will make billions selling their cholesterol pills...
I want to get back in line, I want to be healthy like I once was...I know what I should be doing and can do. I want to do what I can, and what I can afford.
I want to set a positive example for my girls. I am blessed to have lived in Italy and to have experienced a different way of life and IMO a better way of life.
I hope that we don't continue to spread this disease of laziness....Mcdonalds in Italy should embarrass us, it embarrasses me.
I don't want to have hypertension, heart disease or a stroke......I need to do it, and I hope that I can motivate myself to a healthier way of being. Living in America doesn't have to be my crutch, I want to slow things down, be healthier minded and live life a little more.
Its so true, heart disease, strokes, blood clots, hypertension just to name a few.
The sad thing is so much of them are totally preventable. We hear the stats, and we are taking this class and passing so we are reasonably smart people, but its so hard to change old habits.
I know I need to eat better and exercise, and if I was dying of heart disease I know I would have many regrets... One hour of exercise a day and a healthy diet doesn't sound so bad when your dying, but its to late to go back.
I think this American society has just done a horrible job in promoting healthy lifestyles... Ok so every few years they come out with a new pyramid, but what the hell does that do!? How many people beyond dietitians and personal trainers really look at that!
This 24 hour, get it when I want it, as soon as I want it...Lazy society is killing us.
We are also spreading our lazy disease to other countries, and it is a shame. There is a Mcdonalds in Italy! A Mcdonalds, and the Italians love it....America, and what to do we share with our world...Mcdonalds.
Its disgusting...
In Italy you cant drive in many of the city squares or main shopping area's so people walk and ride their bikes...Many Italians dont even own cars. Stores are not open 24 hours a day, and sometimes for no reason they are not open when they should be lol!
Organic food is not a luxury, it is the norm...and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg. They dont inject their livestock with antibiotics and hormones, its against the law! Kids play (outside!), there are not game stops and video game stores everywhere. I had the opportunity to get to know many Italians and the TV, if they even had one...was small and tucked away, almost never on.
You dont see overweight people in Italy...unless you go to the American military base.
You don't see litter on the side of the road in Italy, except once I saw a taco bell bag on the side of a switchback going up a beautiful Italian mountain....They sell Taco Bell on base.
I am guilty of falling back into bad habits and laziness, and I hate myself for it sometimes...
It was easy there to be healthy and conscious of it....Here in America, they breed this disease.
There is no direction but fat, lazy and unhealthy and if your not fat, unhealthy and lazy, your swimming upstream. They put out a pyramid chart....but here organic food and fruits and veggies are the most expensive food in the store, Gyms are expensive luxury to those who can afford it, and they are continuing to cut back on physical education in schools.
So kids and adults are going to continue to expand their waistlines, and drug companies will make billions selling their cholesterol pills...
I want to get back in line, I want to be healthy like I once was...I know what I should be doing and can do. I want to do what I can, and what I can afford.
I want to set a positive example for my girls. I am blessed to have lived in Italy and to have experienced a different way of life and IMO a better way of life.
I hope that we don't continue to spread this disease of laziness....Mcdonalds in Italy should embarrass us, it embarrasses me.
I don't want to have hypertension, heart disease or a stroke......I need to do it, and I hope that I can motivate myself to a healthier way of being. Living in America doesn't have to be my crutch, I want to slow things down, be healthier minded and live life a little more.
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