Autoimmunity & Inflammation

ARE YOU AT WAR WITH YOUR OWN BODY?

Reduce the inflammation that aggravates and flares your autoimmune symptoms.

Treat your Autoimmune Disease

ADDISON’S DISEASE:

Affecting the adrenal gland. Here immune cells damage the outer layer of the adrenal gland, resulting in reduced production of steroid hormones.

Reverse symptoms such as fatigue, muscle weakness, and loss of appetite.

Multiple Sclerosis

Where the protective layers of nerves, called myelin, is targeted by the immune system. Myelin is found across the body’s nervous system, protecting nerve cells in the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. It helps maintain an effective transmission of electrical impulses across the body. People with multiple sclerosis end up with myelin depleted nerves, which don’t function properly.

Symptoms include poor motor control (e.g. difficulties walking, talking, or even breathing), fatigue, bladder and bowel dysfunction and neurological symptoms.

Grave's Disease

Affecting the thyroid. Here, antibodies produced by the immune system (B cells) simulate a hormone called Thyroid Stimulating Hormone. As a result, the thyroid gland is stimulated to produce an excessive amount of the thyroid hormone.

Symptoms include insomnia, tremors, and hyperactivity.

Celiac Disease

Triggered by gluten proteins. Whenever gluten enters the body, the immune system mounts an attack, which usually damages the outer layer of the small intestine, particularly damaging the villi, a tiny hair-like structure responsible for nutrient absorption.

Symptoms include anaemia, bloating and flatulence, diarrhoea or constipation, fatigue, anemia, and many other conditions.

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Where immune cells attack the tissue surrounding joints, eventually leading to damage to the actual joints.

Symptoms include swelling, pain, stiffness and heat in the joints, and persistent mental and physical tiredness.

Other Systemic Autoimmune Diseases

Lupus, which affects the skin, joints, heart, lungs and nervous system
Scleroderma, which affects the tissue under the skin
Chron’s Disease, which affects the GI tract
Psoriasis, which is an inflammatory skin condition
Hypothyroidism, which affects the hormones
Osteoarthritis, which is a chronic joint disease
Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, which prevents the thyroid gland from producing hormones

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AUSCFM's Functional Medicine Approach to Autoimmune Disease

Our specialists include a scientific writer, clinicians, nurse practitioners, nutritionists, health coaches, patient care coordinators and research scientists. We work with patients to delve beyond symptoms and identify solutions to the underlying causes of symptoms.

At AUSCFM, we focus on providing the best possible care for our patients. We rely on state-of-the-art medical approaches and bring together multiple medical and scientific fields, such as genomics, transcriptomics, epigenetics, neurology, dermatology, cardiology, immunology, among many others. This allows us to provide comprehensive care that is tailored to the individual needs of each patient.

In addition, our team of specialists are dedicated to providing the highest level of care possible. We are constantly exploring new ways to improve our facilities and provide the best possible care for our patients.

We pride ourselves on providing a patient-centric approach to healthcare. We understand that everyone is unique and that one size does not fit all when it comes to health and wellbeing. That's why we work closely with you in a safe environment to develop a personalised treatment plan that will translate into the best possible health outcomes. We believe that health is more than just the absence of disease, and our goal is to help you reach your full potential so that you can live a happy and healthy life.

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