Autoimmune Diseases Treatment

Signs & Symptoms:

There are so many different types of autoimmune disease, so the symptoms vary according to organ and systems or particular tissues are involved. Few common symptoms are fatigue, generalised weakness, fever etc. The common tissues or organs affected are joints, muscles, skin, red blood cells, blood vessels, connective tissues kidneys, liver, lungs, brain, heart, & endocrine glands etc. The most important thing about its symptoms are of fluctuating type always, means worsen during flare ups and lessen during remission.

Some of more common autoimmune diseases with their specific symptoms are:

• Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) – Inflammation of joints & surroundings tissues, specially affects small joints, shifting pain, joints deformities, etc.
• Psoriasis – A typical skin condition where redness, irritation, itching at skin around joints with flaky silver white patches is occurs etc.
• Inflammatory bowel syndrome (IBS) – Inflammation at colon &  small intestine, changes in bowel habits, constipation followed by diarrhoea and vice versa
• Celiac disease - An immune reaction while eating gluten (a protein found in wheat, barley, & rye etc.) that causes damage to lining of small intestine.
• Ankylosing spondylitis -  Another inflammatory arthritis affecting spine & large joints
• Hashimoto’s disease – Inflammation of thyroid gland , Grave’s disease- overactive thyroid gland, Autoimmune thyroiditis – misinterpretation of thyroid hormones etc.
• Sjogren’s syndrome – Dry eyes & mouth, due to destroyed glands which produce tears & saliva, it may affects kidneys & lungs sometimes.
• Addison’s disease – Adrenal hormone insufficiency.   
• Type 1 diabetes – Destruction of insulin producing cells in pancreas
• Scleroderma – A connective tissue disease that causes changes in skin, muscles, blood vessels, and other vital internal organs.
• Systemic lupus errythmatosus (SLE)  – Affects skin joints, kidneys, brain, 
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS) –Myeloid sheath of nerves which are protecting covering for nerves get damaged that affects, brain, spinal cord, optic nerve,& any nerves
• Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) – Low level of blood cells that prevents bleeding (platelets) which leads to cause bruises on skin (purpura)

There are several other types like Pernicious anemia, Aplastic anemia, Vitiligo, Alopecia areata, Reactive arthritis, Vasculitis, Temporal arteritis, Polymayalgia rheumatica, Lichen planus, Crohn’s disease, Lyme disease, GBS,  Autoimmune enteropathy etc. Unfortunately as per modern science there is not any curative treatments available till the date, but in ayurveda has comparatively much assurable solution in the form of ‘ART’, that too without any side effects like NSAIDs,  immunosuppressant, steroids, & anti depressant drugs etc. management therapies.

Ayurvedic View:

According to ayurveda this condition is seen as body energy disorder, as per our previous discussion on the basic humoral factors of the body i.e. the doshas, dhatus,& agni are while get disturbed it affects directly the quantity & quality of vital nutrient extract ‘ojas’ (immunity) due to toxification of body systems (aama deposition) & degeneration of dhatus (dooshya) . This ‘Dosha dooshya samurchhana’ leads to, accumulation of ‘aama’, weakens nourishment of one or more dhatus (body tissues), & ultimately the deflection from normalcy or integrity of ‘Ojas’ i.e. immune misinterpretation contributes in manifestation of an ‘Autoimmune diseases’.

Treatment:

• Detoxification of body system’s channel.
• Ayurvedic Rejuvenation Therapy (ART), to rejuvenate affected systems or organs.
• Immune modulisation.
• Dietary & life style advice.