Addressing Autoimmune Disease w/ regards to re-establishing barriers...Hashimoto

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HELLO!

I AM A 4TH YR. NATUROPATHIC STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT,

CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN DRAINAGE CLASSES, PRECEPTORSHIP, AND PRACTICE

ON MY PATIENTS.

DR. THOM MENTIONED IN ONE OF HIS SEMINARS THAT AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE IS

NOT A PROBLEM WITH ANTIBODIES, BUT INSTEAD WITH BARRIERS AND EARLY ON

THE PERSON WAS NOT ABLE TO ESTABLISH SELF FROM NON-SELF. HIS

STRATEGY SUGGESTS REESTABLISHING THE BARRIERS: KI (ADRENALS), GI

(GALT/MALT) AND RESPIRATORY (BALT).

QUESTIONS:

IN APPROACHING A PATIENT WITH HASHIMOTO'S THYROIDITIS IS THERE A

BARRIER THAT YOU SHOULD ADDRESS FIRST (OR IS EACH CASE INDIVIDUAL,

I.E. DEPENDING ON WHICH ORGAN SYSTEM IS THE MOST DISTRAUGHT).

I UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE GI/RESP TO SELF VS. NON-SELF,

BUT AM NOT SURE ABOUT THE KI/ADRENAL GLAND RELATIONSHIP; CAN YOU

PLEASE ELABORATE ON THIS FOR ME.

ESTABLISHING SELF VS. NON-SELF IS IMPORTANT; HOWEVER SOME ND'S USE

THYMUS GLAND EVENTUALLY TO RETRAIN THE BODY (I'M GUESSING) TO NOT TO

ALLOW THE PROLIFERATION OF T-LYMPHOCYTES THAT WILL ATTACK ONE'S

BODY. IS THIS ALSO A RECOMMENDATION, ACCORDING TO YOUR PRACTICE.

LASTLY, IS IT NOT IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THE THYROID GLAND AT THIS

POINT, WILL IT BE EVENTUALLY, IN THE PROCESS OF RE-ESTABLISHING

BARRIERS SHOULD ONE CONTINUE TO STAY ON THEIR SYNTHROID/ARMOUR AS THE

THYROID ITSELF IS NON-FXN'L BECAUSE IT IS DAMAGED?

THANK YOU,

I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU SOON!