Immune System Disorders
When the immune system is malfunctioning, it can lead to frequent infections, chronic inflammation, or autoimmunity (where the immune system attacks the person’s own tissues and organs). Instead of using medication to manage these immune reactions, we ask the obvious question: Why is the immune system not functioning properly? The answer might lie anywhere from the gastrointestinal tract to the presence of environmental toxins to infectious agents.
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A PARTIAL LIST OF DISORDERS/SYNDROMES TREATED:
- Addison's Disease
- Alopecia
- Cardiomyopathy
- Celiac
- Chrohn's
- Endometriosis
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- Graves Disease
- Guillain-Barre
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Hashimoto's
- Juvenile Diabetes
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Psoriasis
- Raynaud's
- Scleroderma
- Sjogren's
- Ulcerative Colitis
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We at Bock Integrative Medicine make a considerable effort to detect and eliminate triggers in individuals with autoimmune conditions. One of the growing problems we are seeing is the role of microorganisms that serve as triggers of autoimmunity.
Chronic Lyme disease and PANDAS/PANS have a number of things in common, among which is the fact that both conditions are controversial and looked at skeptically by mainstream medicine.
Dr. Bock recently appeared on Radio Pandas to discuss PANDAS/PANS and some of the unique immune challenges present in these complex medical situations.
“…though researchers have identified some 80 to 100 of these disorders, 85 percent of Americans can’t name even one of them.”
Dr. Bock appeared as a guest on Radio PANDAS on Tuesday, Nov 19th. This episode is a follow up to the Northeast PANS/PANDAS Conference.
On November 9-10, D. Bock will be present at the 2013 Northeast PANS/PANDAS conference in Providence, Rhode Island.
When the immune system fails in its first task it can mistakenly react to harmless substances (see Allergy Treatment) or may react to self (autoimmunity).
Detoxification requires a good deal of energy. Unfortunately, the accumulation of toxins can damage the mitochondria that provide that energy for our cells, and this can initiate a downward cycle, so many individuals need assistance to support detoxification.