Diseases or conditions that affect the immune system?!
Question: What are some diseases or conditions that affect the immune system? How can I find out more about the immune system?
Answers: What are some diseases or conditions that affect the immune system? How can I find out more about the immune system?
AIDS, Severe Combined Immune Deficiency, Steroid use, Chemotherapy for cancer, etc.
Then there are autoimmune diseases, such as Rheumatoid Arthritis, Crohn's Disease, etc.
Try doing a Google or Yahoo internet search. Go to a medical web site that is geared toward patients and read up.
Lupus,
psoriais is an immune system disease
immune system is responsible for a lot of conditions called auto immune disease where the theory is that the immune system has attacked things it shouldn't have , for things like thyroid problems, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis,
find out more, good web site, mayoclinic.com
or get a standard anatomy and physiology book out from your local library
HIV/AIDS Lympoma etc.
Celiac Disease.
www.csaceliacs.org
www.celiac.com
www.celiac.org
Testicular Cancer
http://wwwlumikancommycancerbattle.blogs...
Diseases don't so much affect the immune system as they are a symptom of an already compromised immune system. For example, everyone's body has tiny cancers in it, but a healthy immune system resists them. People only "get" cancer when the immune system has been compromised and is no longer protecting them from the cancers that are always present.
The condition that does affect the immune system is stress. Dr. Candace Pert demonstrated scientifically in her book, Molecules Of Emotion, that stress compromises the immune system, leaving us open to diseases that we could have otherwise warded off.
What causes stress? Doing something we don't want to do, like staying in an unhappy relationship or job. In his book, Radical Healing, Ralph Ballantine interviewed the head of a prestigious cancer institute, who told him that virtually everyone who came in with a diagnosis of a terminal disease was stuck in some life situation that they didn't know how to get out of. Those who took the diagnosis as a wake up call and made life changes would be cured or go into remission. Those who remained stuck in their stressful unhappiness would die.
Also, stopping ourselves from doing something we do want to do can cause stress. Being true to ourselves is the way to keep stress at a minimum and keep our immune systems strong and healthy.