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Understanding Autoimmune Diseases

Autoimmunity happens when your immune system mistakenly targets and damages your own tissues, treating them like intruders. Often, autoimmune conditions start silently—meaning damage occurs before you even notice any symptoms.

There are over 80 identified autoimmune diseases, affecting 1 in 5 people, with the majority being women. In some cases, symptoms can persist for years or even decades before a diagnosis is made. Be on the lookout for signs such as:

  • Chronic pain
  • Brain fog
  • Persistent fatigue
  • Digestive issues
  • Hair loss
  • Unexplained weight changes

Functional Medicine Solutions

The good news? Functional medicine can help! With advanced lab testing, we can screen for autoimmunity and provide personalized guidance, including an anti-inflammatory diet, balanced blood sugar strategies, gut healing protocols, toxin reduction, and stress management.

These steps not only help prevent autoimmune diseases but also manage symptoms and address the root causes of your health concerns. Curious about how we can support your journey to better health? Contact our functional medicine team today!

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Is Autoimmunity Causing Your Strange and Chronic Symptoms?

Autoimmune diseases are one of the most common illnesses today – and you might not even know you have one!

Autoimmunity is when your immune system starts attacking your own tissue, and it can happen anywhere in the body. Typically, it comes along with symptoms like inflammation, but sometimes it can be “silent” and not have any outward symptoms at all. Autoimmune disease is more common than cancer and heart disease combined, and that’s just the diagnosed cases. Many, if not most, cases of autoimmunity are happening without a diagnosis. This is because conventional medicine often does not screen for autoimmunity until symptoms are advanced and severe.

People can also have symptoms that suggest many types of autoimmunity. Although symptoms vary depending on which tissue is being attacked, many autoimmune sufferers experience:

  • chronic fatigue
  • chronic pain
  • declining brain function
  • gastrointestinal issues
  • hair loss
  • weight gain or weight loss
  • brain fog
  • and more!

Fortunately, functional medicine offers lab testing that can screen for autoimmunity against a number of different tissues. We also use strategies such as an anti-inflammatory diet, blood sugar stabilizing, gut healing, addressing toxins, and lifestyle habits that minimize stress and inflammation.

Ask our office if autoimmunity may be causing your strange and chronic symptoms – we can help!

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Functional Medicine Labs – How are they Different?

Functional medicine labs are very different than traditional ones. Insurance doesn’t feel the thoroughness functional medicine providers give is medically necessary, but we know it is! Spending time with you is critical and thorough investigations with more comprehensive testing is crucial to you having success to your complex issues. More in-depth analyses are performed with our team to find the root cause and monitor improvements of things that modern medicine doesn’t address long-term, like brain fog, fatigue, low energy, chronic pain, autoimmune issues, cancer, hormone issues, stubborn weight loss, and more. We avoid quick fixes and focus on lifestyles that last with more comprehensive analyses to help you thrive. Book now to learn more.

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