Dr. Luis David Suárez Rodríguez

Autoimmune diseases are defined as those in which our immune system does not recognize as part of the body itself and generates an immune response against our cells and tissues. Is undoubtedly a growing challenge for human health.

18 years ago just when I was in the 2nd year of medical career, autoimmune diseases are considered "rare" or "rare" and taught us that genetic predisposition was the most important factor for their development. Another thing we were taught then was that the tract was in some way "armored" against any type of allergen (ie, substances capable of producing an allergic response), because the digestive processes destroy all proteins regardless of their source.

Copyright Dr. Aristo Vojdani PhD, MSc, MT

Today, although the incidence of autoimmune diseases by themselves considered still low, taken as a whole are the third leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, behind cancer and heart attacks. There is a relationship between high incidence of these diseases and many factors associated with lifestyle, "modern", basically exposure to different sources of contamination, metals, fumes, chemicals and more chemicals to the skin, hair, nails, washing clothes and dishes, medicines, processed foods, preserved, and so on.

We now know that the intestine may lose its impenetrable shield, that is, his cover and losing Immunoglobulin proteins that form the connections between their cells, better known as tight junctions, and allow the contents of the gastrointestinal tract invade and nesting in the wall of the intestinal mucosa. This process is basically triggered by the effect of exposure to proteins and peptides from the diet, antibodies, drugs and xenobiotics, stress, infections, cytokines and enzymes

The loss of intestinal barrier (leaky gut permeability or increased gut, his nickname) permits for all the agents mentioned above, known allergens to a greater or lesser extent, are exposed to the immune system outside the gut wall itself or its , and begin to develop antibodies. These antibodies first condition, allergy or food intolerance (eg lactose or gluten), then develop abnormalities in the functioning of the immune system locally (in the gut) and subsequently develop autoimmune diseases such as arthritis, thyroiditis , lupus, psoriasis, and so on. This process takes years to digestive dysfunction set to autoimmunity. During this time the symptoms of digestive dysfunction process the doctors classified as suffering from colitis, which, we may be "angry" and warned "look great on your diet: do not eat melon, and Brussels sprouts, or food greasy or spicy. " As patients, we used to live with colic, to take periods of diarrhea and constipation, and ignores the process of altering the immune system that feat in our intestines. Recently, the United States thanks to the work of the eminent immunologist, Dr. Aristo Vojdani, are developing tests to detect antibody antigen in feces as early markers of autoimmune diseases. Here at SANAR we have a bioimpedance scanner that can detect a high degree of accuracy the digestive dysfunction, suggests the most likely food allergens or involved in the process and goes on to indicate whether there is a thyroid condition, since the most prevalent autoimmune disease thyroiditis, thyroiditis, and many exist without symptoms, ie they are considered "subclinical" however it should be noted that changes in the activity of this gland will hardly be free of consequences.

The most efficient way to handle this is to perform intestinal permeability increased colonic washings to remove the accumulation of material in the intestinal wall, followed by rectal application of ozone to restore the functioning of the local immune system in addition to treating existing oxidative damage in the light of the large intestine. It is recommended to take probiotics and sometimes transfer factor. In addition, we must clearly identify the allergens or substances that produce intolerance, and avoid at all costs. Let us not forget that our food should be our medicine: a diet rich in vegetable fiber, no sugar or refined flour, dairy free and gluten-free with adequate supply of water is the best guarantee of a healthy gut, and immune system working normally.