Overview

Auto-immune disorders occur when the body's immune system becomes confused between natural parts of the body (which should be tolerated and not attacked) and foreign substances (bacteria, viruses, undigested food, etc). When this happens, various parts of the body can be damaged.

Please see conventional, complementary, and alternative medical treatments for important background information regarding the different types of medical treatments discussed on this page. Naturopathic, Complementary, and Alternative treatments that may be considered include:

Etiology

[Marshak-Rothstein2006  🕮 ] [Pradhan2012  🕮 ] have discussed the role of Toll-like receptors in systemic autoimmune diseases.

Treatment

Naturopathic, Complementary, and Alternative Treatments

Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN)

Dr. Weyrich has been trained to use Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN), which is generally useful in a variety of autoimmune diseases. Please see What is Low Dose Naltrexone? for more information.

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