Leaky gut syndrome and Lupus

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From Home Cures that Work  February 2013

Lupus affects nearly 1.3 million Americans, mostly women due to an auto immune disorder.  It has no known cure.  Contrary to the usual strategy of finding the cause of disease rather than removing the symptoms, the approach to lupus has been to eradicate the symptom (as in diabetes and cancer)  Steroids are administered to suppress the attack of the autoimmune system vs the body.

The use of steroids for treatment has the following Side Effects (SE):

* low body immunity that results in succeptability to infections
* weight gain (from water retention)
* acne
* insomnia
* increase in bp and cholesterol

The body's disease goes to the site of inflammation to contain inflammation.  But under repeated attacks of the body defenses vs itself, extreme pain and destruction of tissues. These results in damage to the kidney, low blood count, anemia, arthritis.

But the findings suggest that Lupus and Leaking Gut Syndrome go together.  The leaking gut syndrome which is accompanied by such diseases as:

* IBS
* Chron's disease
* Celiac
* Arthritis
* Fibromyalagia

It makes sense that leaking gut can cause such a immune reaction.  The gut is supposed to protect the body from having substances in the gut mix with the rest of the body system.  The leaky gut can be caused by:P

l.  Parasites
2.  Chemicals
3.  Antibiotics,
4.  NSAIDs
5.  High sugar intake
6.  Candida albicans infection
7.   Food allergies

Treatment consist of righting the body's auto immune system by working on the gut. Some multifaceted approach include:    blood filtering, calming the body's immune system, fighting bacteria and this may include inclusion of probiotic (fermented food) in the diet.