Autoimmune Epidemic

It seems our bodies have gone completely haywire in a world that is so out of balance. Most of us at some point in our lives have played out in our minds how devastating it would be to have our doctor hand down a cancer diagnosis or to warn us of the risk of a heart attack or stroke. We hear of it every day, at work, at social events and through our own families. But consider what it would be like the hear you have a disorder that won’t kill you but yet make your life hell at times. A slow creeping escalation of symptoms, tingling fingers, rashes, aching joints, fevers, muscle contractions, fatigue,  these are all symptoms of an autoimmune disorders starting.

More than 23.5 million Americans are affected by some sort of autoimmune disorder.  Why the sudden increase in these disorders? Once again it has to do with our immune system. Something in our world is out of balance and is causing all of these devastating diseases in people. There are more then 100 different autoimmune disorders to date, and some that there is NO name for yet. Chronic illnesses are putting young people out of work, and leaving them without fulfilled lives.

Autoimmune disorders are the eighth leading cause of death among women, and shortens their lives by an estimated fifteen years. Not to mention the economic burden that these patients live with. Day in and day out of multiple medications and a battle just to live a half way normal existence.

Every system of the human body can be affected, nervous, circulatory, bone, digestive, and brain. But what is the problem causing all of these illnesses? Is it our environment, medications, vaccines, exposure to chemicals, our food? Fifty years ago we hardly heard of any of these disorders, they were rare and very unknown of within the population. What drastic measures have taken place where there are so many that have these disorders now? Or is it being intentionally caused? A long term plan to lessen population? Makes one think for a minute.