Re: Chronic Autoimmune Urticaria- feedback requested

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Dearest

I am sorry you are going through this but stay strong and optimistic and you will overcome this.

inorder to target and treat the autoimmune response a few things have to be considered:

Do you have any mercury amalgams? they can over activate your immune system and cause autoimmune disease (among other pathologies). if you do, have them removed with a biologic dentist and initiate chelation (IV and oral). run a challenge test with doctor's data (with dmps)

Build adrenals nutritionally and energetically...HAD drops 5 drops TID + B5, VIT C, Chromium, and even IVC biweekly for at least 3 months....this will also help down regulate the immune system. this is a huge cause to autoimmune pathologies...stress can do it all really

Your immune system is in the gut...so remaining gluten free is a good idea. but also support your eliminatory and gastrointestinal systems. I found colon hydrotherapy is essential to help down regulate your immune system (as you target the GALT and MALT). find a therapist and get on a program. colon hydros willl also eliminate metals. Probiotics are essential as well to help with this. so i would start with HMF replete, then move to HMF super powder (check with Plummer's notes on this). Get fibrous foods in there and ensuring you are moving bowels regularly. treating the gut is critical in autoimmune pathologies.

Maintaining a greens' diet is essential too. Get a vitamix and get your body energized with things like wheat grass, spiriliuna, chlorella (get a supplement or make your own) and add it to all smoothies.

see a homeopath who is trained in the sensation method (sankaranian homeopathy) and have them take your case (someone you do not know at all)

just some ideas that come to mind...i pray this message finds you well. let me know if i can be of any help

much love and many prayers Lamise

Dr. Lamise Elkhalil Farah BSc, ND

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Vancouver, BC

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To: From: s1giard@...Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:55:56 +0000Subject: Chronic Autoimmune Urticaria- feedback requested

Hi Colleagues,I am having autoimmune urticaria myself currently x 2 months. It is horrible. I am controlling symptoms with high dose, oral supplementation of colostrum (35% IgG), which I've been on for about 1.5 weeks. However, I don't feel that this will reverse the autoimmunity over the long-term, but it has definitely been a godsend for short term symptom management... Especially, in comparison to OTC antihistamines which just exacerbated my itching, Benedryl was the worst, Loratidine worked the best in this regards, but only for a few hours, it worked better than Zyrtec. Quercitin didn't help whatsoever. Now, I am considering autologous whole blood injections, which appear like to be a safe and effective way in the research to get this under control... But I would appreciate any advice you or anyone else has in reversing the autoimmune process here. There is much unknown about the etiology of AI Urticaria. One etiology is considered antibodies to FcEsliponRI and FcEpsilonRalpha, basophil receptors for IgE that have IgG autoantibody crosslinking which leads to histimine release and the urticaria symptoms. I plan to start homeopathic histamine, high doses of probiotics, am considering drainage tx, will do a veggie juice cleanse in short order, and am considering Chinese formulas. However, I would appreciate any other feedback on reversing the autoimmune process as gently as possible. I am not too excited at all about the majority of conventional treatments. In regards to testing I do not currently have and have never had a thyroid imbalance or any thyroid auto-antibodies, I've had all the anti-bodies tested. My white blood cell count was elevated 13.4, but this is not uncommon in this condition and also I had just finished tapering off prednisone when I was tested (which obviously was suppressive and only provided relief at 30mg x 1 wk, but the hives came back as soon as I started to taper wk 2). My ANA was positive, homogenious pattern 1:80. ESR and CRP were negative. All other aspects of CBC and chem screen were normal. Celiac panel (TTG and IGA) has tested negative in the past, although I haven't had all of the tests done here, because I already know I am gluten sensitive (I get occasional mucous in stool, pencil thin stools, tendency towards constipation, abdominal bloat, and dermatitis herpatiformis around the hair line when I consume gluten regularly) so do maintain a gluten-free diet for the most part and have x years. I took a break from this for a week prior to and two weeks after the hive symptoms aggravating. Gluten could possibly aggravate the hives (I noticed they were worse after one glutinous meal), however, I've never had this type of reaction to gluten previously, and I do take periodic 1-4 week breaks from the gf-free diet, so I doubt that this is the direct etiology of the hives. I am now back on my GF diet and will stay on it more strictly, now that I know the hives are likely autoimmune.My insights as to the etiology here is chronic and high levels of life stress and/or an autoimmune process that was triggered by my garden- irritant dermatitis reaction from the prickles on the cucumbers and zucchini... Which would be a major bummer, considering that I love to garden. I have a history of skin reactions and dermatitis to poison ivy, but have never reacted to other plants in this way. Of course, this year was the first time I had so much physical exposure to these types of plants. The irony if this was triggered from my garden is beyond- natural medicine doc gets autoimmune skin disease from plants... So I'm really hoping that this is not the case. Additionally there is a family history of Bechet's Dz, for which I have been tested previously to have a hereditary predisposition to (HLAB51).Next testing steps include antibody testing to rule out Lupus and H. Pylori. I also plan to have the in-vitro donor basophil histamine release assay (aka Chronic Urticaria Index Test), the gold standard for the FcEplison antibodies, and the Autologous Serum Skin Test. However, with chronic autoimmune urticaria the research indicates that excessive testing, including skin prick testing, is typically futile, in terms of uncovering a deeper underlying cause and/or infectious process.Prior to this happening I'd been feeling the healthiest I've felt in my life. Lost a few pounds that I had gained while a student at NCNM, joined a rowing team, am enjoying practice and life... Thought I was managing my life stress okay.... But it seems like my body may be telling me otherwise... I am literally not comfortable in my own skin at the moment physically, but emotionally I'm feeling self-assured, more than I have at any other point in my life.Again, any insights are appreciated, especially in regards to reversing this likely autoimmune process.With appreciation, Giardenelli, ND, MSOM, LAcRochester and Clifton Springs, NY

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