Researchers call it the "unifying theory" behind the major killers of our times among cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes & scores of other diseases.
( Please read the patient stories on the Lahore page.)
Inflammation, know by the red, painful swelling that follows an injury, bug bite or other wound. Inflammation also exists in tissue far below the skin, this below-the-eye inflammation is the culprit that worsens most chronic diseases.
While inflammation is the immune system's response for beating back invaders in the body, inflammation gone unchecked can lead to heart attacks, strokes, cancers, AIDs, cause Alzheimer's disease by destroying brain cells, and causes diabetes.
Out of control inflammation is linked to clinical depression, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, asthma, osteoarthritis, liver disease, hypertension, Kleine Levine syndrome and all others disorders.
Chronic inflammation is caused by the persistent presence of pathogens and environmental pollutants and lifestyle. The genetic changes being published are due to poor diet. They are reversiable.
CIDPUSA uncovers the hidden secrets of autoimmune diseases
Read, Inflammation in autoimmune diseases is the number one killer on Planet Earth. In autoimmune diseases our own white cells start attacking the body organs. The attack is triggered by infections, surgery, injury, inhalation of pollutants, vaccination and stress. Diseases like Alzheimer's, Autism, Asthma, Lou Gehrig's, hearing disorders, Multiple sclerosis, Lupus, Takayasu, Parkinsons, Epilepsy, Arthritis, heart problems, skin diseases, diabetes & cancer are all autoimmune. A proper diet & supplements can stop these diseases in their tracks & can reverse them.
If a disease has good & bad days, consider it to be a autoimmune disorder. If the disease started after pregnancy, surgery, car accidents, toxic exposure or living close to a dump, its autoimmune. The sooner you change your lifestyle the better the results. After the termination of pregnancy a increased autoimmune attack is seen & autoimmune diseases are triggered after pregnancy including Vasculitis, depression & PTSD. Stop inflammation and halt cancer and reverse diseases.
P.T.S.D. (post traumatic stress disorder), depression, anxiety, O.C.D (obsessive compulsive disorder), heart disease, bowel, kidney, breathing and skin disorders, memory loss are all immune mediated.
Young women with undiagnosed problems please read about Dysautonomia😉😉😉😉
. Do not think that hot flashes are due to hormone deficiency. Diseases should be treated by considering that you have immune dysfunction.
President Franklin D Roosevelt (click to see his medical history) President J.F. Kennedy (medical history)
You all remember President Regan, he had chest cancer and did not get any treatment in USA, he got his immune functions fixed by alternative treatments and fully recovered from the cancer.
Below is a description of a common autoimmune nerve disorder, for other diseases please see our disease section. of E-Book.
Tingling numbness in the toes can be Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy . Diabetics have a higher incidence of CIDP. A super expert medical professional can diagnose CIDP on the first visit without any electro-diagnostic help, read our diagnosis page to find out which is the best test.
Any polyneuropathy is more likely to be CIDP. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculo neuropathy is an immune-mediated Polyneuropathy (inflammatory) that affects the nerves. The symptoms are a slowly progressive, numbness and tingling starts in the feet, and then involves legs and hands. Sufferer notices weakness in the legs, later in the arms. Some complain of inability to walk or maintain balance in the dark. There is frequently some spinal cord involvement. Occasionally, cranial nerves are involved, symptoms range from visual perception difficulties, double vision, numbness involving the face, hearing disorders. Cognitive skills are not affected by CIDP. Most people believe that their knee, ankles or hip joints are a problem. Muscle and spinal involvement is frequent in CIDP. Brain involvement in CIDP is misdiagnosed as MS.
A CIDP patient uses the hands to go upstairs or rise from the squatting position, these are signs of legs becoming weaker. Some have difficulty to maintain their blood pressure, burning sensations like, (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. Complex regional pain syndrome) are more likely to be CIDP. Diabetic neuropathy is more likely to be CIDP. The spinal tap may show a rise in the protein level of the spinal fluid. Electromyography with nerve conduction studies may show slowing of EMG/NCV. This nerve study will be normal when the small fibers (autonomic nerves) are involved. Autonomic involvement cause feelings of (Pain and burning). The course of CIDP is remitting relapsing, it gets better and then worse again. Rarely the attacks come once a month, or couple of months apart." Dr King Engle speaking at CIDPUSA meeting said a normal EMG/NCV does not rule out CIDP. A normal NCV only tests distal nerves , proximal lesions at root level or at dorsal root ganglion will be missed by NCV test.
CIDP is misdiagnosed as ALS. Due to a mix of upper and lower motor neuron lesions (brain, spinal-cord + peripheral nerve). M.M.F. (Multifocal Motor Neuropathy) also looks like ALS has no sensory involvement. Autoimmune ALS will have sensory changes and I call this a CIDP variant. Thus a false diagnose ofALS can be made. Dr King Engle in Los Angles has helped such patients who came in wheelchairs and in two months werewalking. Untreated CIDP can turn into ALS. (ALS is a CIDP spectrum disorder)
Current standards to diagnose CIDP do not recommend a nerve biopsy: As the skip lesions of CIDP may or may not be seen in Sural nerve biopsy. After biopsy the patient may have a sensory deficit. Which may be worse then the original disease. I have seen people who are worse off due to nerve biopsy. Dr. Katz in San Francisco has said that Leprosy may be the only reason to do a nerve biopsy.
Finding of inflammation in the nerve biopsy, is rare, definitely will confirm the diagnosis of CIDP. However, the absence of inflammation does not rule out CIDP. Findings of demyelination (loss of myelin around the nerve) on the nerve biopsy can be used to confirm the clinical presentation and suggest a diagnosis of CIDP. I find the nerve biopsy unnecessary.
For those in whom this procedure has to be done. The best technique is described by a Austrian team. Where they only remove a 10mm piece of the Sural nerve and reattach the stumps by microsurgical repair. They claim none of their patients had any complaints of pain or sensory loss.
However Massachusetts General Hospital has come off with a novel idea of doing a skin biopsy instead of a nerve biopsy. This provides more information in small fiber neuropathies and is less invasive. In the old days GBS patients were in bed for 6 months, today patients improve in a few days, due to modern treatments.
According to Dr. Jonathan Katz the best test for CIDP is to give treatment and see if the patient responds to the treatment. (This saves time and money.)
I have used intra muscular & subcutaneous IVIG injections to control CIDP in days with a much lower IVIG dose. I prefer to use antibiotics mentioned in the e-book to reverse CIDP.
Our E-book has the complete step by step protocol, for diagnosis of all the seven sub types of CIDP and 101 autoimmune diseases. Their treatment, and alternative supplements which helps people get back on their feet. These protocols covers Alzheimers, CIDP, MS, Pemphigus, just to name a few!
For long term treatment, (interferon, Cellcept, Cyclosporine, Cyclophosphamide, Methotrexate are used ) These drugs suppress the immune system. Severe immune suppression can lead to other problems (cancer). IVIg and Cyclosporine combination is described successfully in several reports. Steroids are only used for short term benefits. Some Centers are using Avonex, (Avonex can start CIDP in women) Enbrel, Remicade and Rituxan. From early reports all of these drugs work except Avonex well, recently a novel pharmaceutical has been seen to help CIDP! These cheap drugs help many autoimmune diseases. We have known that Cipro causes symptoms of neuropathy. We thought that Cipro was displaying a Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction . This Herx reaction is seen when large number of endotoxins are released after treatment with antibiotics in a overwhelming infection. We tried Cipro at 100mg alternate day treatment in cases of small and large fiber including diabetic neuropathy and saw a dramatic improvement.
Many CIDP patients have healed no IVIg, no medications chronic medications. Ditto for Alzheimer's, ITP , arthritis, kidney disease.
At cidpusa we try to reverse the disease process without using any of the cancer causing drugs in the above list in 4 weeks. (Services Section)
see http://www.cidpusa.org
