The treatment for all the autoimmune diseases is similar. These diseases are caused by inflammation, triggered by bacteria, viruses or chemicals. To reduce inflammation. You can choose drugs or non drugs (herbal, homeopathic or natural) treatments. The cornerstone for treatment in the past has been steroids which are fast out the door due to their side effect profile. However if use steroids on alternate days and in small doses they still can provide adequate treatment. If people get a red eye it is almost always due to inflammation and quickly responds to steroid drops in a day. Autoimmune ear disease responds quickly to steroids placed in the inner ear. But intravenous steroids will help too. Turmeric is a natural steroid.

Oral steroids cause many side effects so should only be used for a short time. Steroids will stop the inflammatory attack but then one has to uncover the reason for the attack the protein, virus, bacteria (mycoplasma)! In every autoimmune disease a foreign protein antigen is triggering the disease it need to be indentified and removed all these details you will find in the disease pages or the Flame within E-Book. However we check for IgG antiboidies against Herpes virus and CMV in all cases. If you are in a remote corner of the world then start Turmeric its a natural anti-inflammatory.

             Begin treatment with diet modifications described in the diet chapter.

Avoid toxins. If the disease was caused by exposure to diesel fumes then the patient should avoid them.  Avoid pesticides if you are a farmer in New Zealand  spraying your field and you can smell the toxin, they end up getting CIDP or Parkinsons. A farmer in Bangladesh and Northern India is exposed to high Arsenic exposure in the ground water. The high arsenic is brought about by excessive pesticide usage. This will cause and trigger many autoimmune diseases. The farmers in Vietnam are exposed to the deadly agent orange used in the Vietnam Era wars. All toxins like Arsenic can easily be detoxified by fasting. A morning 5AM to evening 5PM fast with no food or water intake in the fasting period will eliminate toxins from the body. It may take a few days of fasting to get rid of all toxins.

Supplements like vitamin-D, vitamin B-12, Folate, Thiamine, B-6 (careful with B-6)) they are available in foods The vitamins help overcome many problems  in celiac disease there is always a Vitamin B-12 and iron deficiency. People with Sjogrens have a B-12 deficiency.

Steroids bring  quick recovery. IVIg brings a  faster recovery in Kawasaki disease, CIDP, GBS if used very early in the treatment. IVIg will help MS, myasthenia, alzheimers, narcolepsy, epilepsy... Many patients with Myasthenia have responded to Thymectomy because in Myasthenia often there are tumors of the thymus. Steroids reduce inflammation quickly and for short peroid are excellent treatment but if you prefer long term natural treatment use Omega-3 Fatty acids which reduce inflammation.

Please try a different diet, go to a gluten free diet  see the celiac section for advice. Again everyone should give up milk unless it is non pasteurized milk. A vegetarian diet mainly of brown rice, potatoes and fresh fruit juices, salads. No processed foods like chips, hot dogs or pasta..

Intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) has also been found to be beneficial. in CIDP treatment. IVIG is usually given in divided doses over 4 or 5 consecutive days at a  total dose of 2g/kg.  If the total infusion can be given in two large doses it works better for the patient. It is recommended that for all the neurological disorders the dose of IVIg should be 2gm/kg.

Maintenance doses of IVIg are often needed at monthly intervals to maintain clinical response. Serious side effects of IVIG treatment include, (fatal anaphylaxis in IgA-deficient patients seen in {In patients who have anti IgA  antibodies}.  I recommend that before the infusion the total IgA level be measured. If the level is below 58 then anti IgA ANTIBODIES NEED TO BE MEASURED. However a case has been reported with IgA LEVEL of 58 who later developed IgA reaction. So a careful history should be taken of all patients  the IgA deficient patients usually have a history of allergies and infections.

 If the lab reports IgA <20 then most people assume that IGA is zero.. Check the patients history! ( Who is your IVIg  provider)? Learn to give IVIg safely, learn the secrets! The  nationwide provider with the least  problems is Kabafusion.com. They match a IVIg to the patients disease. No one else is doing this ...

 Potential nephrotoxicity (renal failure) risk from IVIg exists, especially in patients with pre-existing renal disease. FDA issued this advisory when lots of patients developed nephrotoxicity. FDA also issued recalls after Hepatitis was induced after the use of IVIg. This led to a nationwide IVIg shortage. A nurse from a prominent IVIg company contacted us and informed us that when she was administering IVIg she noticed a yellowish discoloration , she said that she did not want to infuse the product however she did. The patient spent 6 days in the hospital with a terrible headache (aspetic meningitis). Then the patients physical condition was weak.

For patients  resistant to IVIg therapy one needs to check if the dose being given is correct. If the dose has been 2g/kg then one can consider alternate with steroids and IVIg.  If that does not work then Cyclophosphamide, Rituxan, Cyclosporin can be considered.

IVIg is used as a rescue therapy or first line agent and then a second line agent is started like cyclosporin. In time this becomes the agent of choice for chronic maintenance.

 Stem cell treatments have helped many people. Your life span may be reduced by stem cell transplant.

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