Omega3 And Autoimmune Diseases

Autoimmune diseases are when your own immune system has turned around and begins to destroy your own healthy cells.

These antibodies are the result of an inappropriate immune response in which the body's immune system attacks healthy cells and organs. Certain chemicals called cytokines are hyper produced, which brings about the autoimmune condition.

Autoimmune diseases are difficult to diagnose, especially in the early stages. In some cases, a diagnosis cannot be made and the patient must continue with many visits to the doctor.

The disordered immune reactions are a family of more than 100 chronic, and often disabling, illnesses involving almost every human organ system, including the nervous system, gastrointestinal tract, endocrine systems as well as skin and other connective tissues, eyes, blood and blood vessels.

Autoinfections are more frequent in women than in men. It is felt that the estrogens of females may influence the immune system to predispose some women to the diseases. They are the fourth leading cause of disability among women.

The culprit in most autoimmune diseases is a type of white blood cell known as an “auto-reactive T-cell”. Normal T-cells are among the most important cells in your immune system, they are your systems super defence against any foreign bodies. Each of your billions of T-cells have their own target, be it hepatitis, aids, polio, the common cold, arthritis, so on and so on. As soon as the T-cell recognises an enemy virus that cell multiplies into hundreds of thousands of clones to attack the invading cell.

Unfortunately some of our T-cells begin to attack your own healthy cells an inappropriate immune response in which the body's immune system attacks healthy cells and organs.

Certain chemicals called cytokines are hyper produced, which brings about the autoimmune condition and unless these renegade cells can be disposed of they cause an autoimmune disorder.

The job of culling these renegade T-cells is assigned to your thymus gland. T-cells continuously filter through the thymus, and the ones that have the potential to destroy your healthy cells are given the order to self-destruct. This essential safe guard is missing in people with autoimmune disease.

An important new finding is that Omega-3 fatty acids may speed up the destruction of the bad T-cells and the disease can be prevented or the conditions improved by eating a more natural balance of essential fatty acids.

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