Signs Your Immune System Needs Help

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Symptoms of Impaired Immune System

"To strengthen the immune system, one must address the needs of the whole body.  A strong immune system is essential for health.  It is a very complex system of the body, involving the skin, intestines, nasal mucosa, blood, lymph and many other organs and tissues.  Factors that impair the immune system include nutrient deficiencies, contaminated air, water and food, unhealthful lifestyles and too much exposure to harmful microbes.  Other factors that weaken the immune system are negative attitudes and emotions and the presence of toxic metals, toxic chemicals and biological toxins in the body.  Others are sluggish metabolism, lack of rest and sleep, excessive stress or too much exercise.  As these causative factors are removed or corrected, the immune system improves." -Dr. Lawrence Wilson

Your immune system needs work if you suffer from two or more of the following:

    THREE OR MORE EAR INFECTIONS IN ONE YEAR
    TWO OR MORE SINUS INFECTIONS IN ONE YEAR
    ORAL ANTIBIOTICS USE MORE THAN TWICE IN ONE YEAR
    TWO OR MORE EPISODES OF PNEUMONIA IN ONE YEAR
    FAILURE TO THRIVE (CHILDREN)
    RECURRING DEEP SKIN OR ORGAN ABSCESSES
    ORAL OR CUTANEOUS CANDIDIASIS AFTER AGE ONE
    HISTORY OF MENINGITIS, OSTEOMYELITIS, CELLULITIS, SEPSIS, OR RECURRENT     HERPES ZOSTER
    HISTORY OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE, LYMPHADENOPATHY OR SPLENOMEGALY
    FAMILY HISTORY OF IMMUNE DEFICIENCY
    INCREASE OR SUSEPTABILITY TO INFECTIONS
    CANCER
    SARS
    THRUSH
    DIARRHEA
    HASIMOTO’S THYROIDITIS
    PERNICIOUS ANEMIA
    ADDISONS’S DISEASE
    DIABETES
    RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
    SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
    MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
    MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
    REITER’S SYNDROME
    GRAVES DISEASE
    PSORIASIS
    ECZEMA
    CUSHING’S
    FIBROMYALGIA
    SCLERODERMA
    SJORGREN’S SYNDROME
    DERMATOMYOSITIS
    LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
    STRESS
    CRAVE SUGAR OR SWEETS
    NEED FOR INTRAVENOUS ANTIBIOTICS TO CLEAR INFECTIONS
    LACK OF ENERGY
    ILLNESS MORE THAN TWICE A YEAR
    DIFFICULTY DIGESTING CERTAIN FOODS
    FOOD ALLERGIES
    RECENT OF FREQUENT USE OF ANTIBIOTICS
    SORE OR PAINFUL JOINTS
    DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING IDEAL WEIGHT
    SLOW RECOVERY FROM ILLNESS
    EXPOSURE TO AIR POLLUTION DAILY
    POOR RESISTANCE TO DISEASE
    BELCHING OR GAS AFTER MEALS
    FEELING OUT OF CONTROL
    FOOD/CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES
    RECURRENT YEAST/FUNGAL INFECTIONS
    CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
    ASTHMA
    DEPRESSION
    SINUSITIS
    ACNE
    MIGRAINES
    ANXIETY
    INSOMNIA
    HIVES
    BOWEL DYSFUNCTION – CHRON’S DISEASE
    HEPATITIS B & C
    HIV
    SHINGLES
    TB
    ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
    LIVER DISEASE
    SILVER AMALGAMS
    HEAVY METAL TOXICITY
    PARASITIC INFECTIONS
    BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS
    ARTHRITIS
    CHEMOTHERAPY
    CORTISONE OR PREDNISONE
    LYMPHOMAS

IMMUNE SYSTEM ASSAULT

Modern living is making it harder to maintain a healthy immune system. Here are just some of the forces working against it.

POOR NUTRITION. Empty calories' is a term that aptly describes the typical American diet. Even a mild deficiency of iron and selenium can cause suppressed immunity and Americans are typically low in both.

HIGH-FAT DIETS. In a 1993 report published in Progressive Food and Nutrition, scientists found that excessive fat intake impairs immunity.

POLLUTION. A recent report published in Environmental Pollution and Neuroimmunology stated that the combined influence of various factors (chemical agents, radiation, stress) may lead to immunodeficiency in the form of respiratory and inflammatory disease. Hundreds of studies show that toxic chemicals impair immune defenses.

STRESS. Stress releases biochemicals that suppress immune function putting us at higher risk for bacterial, viral and fungal infections. Our emotional landscape impacts immunity. One study reported in a 1997 issue of Psychosomatic Medicine stated that post-traumatic stress suffered after Hurricane Andrew had dramatically reduced killer cells in test subjects. Prolonged stress weakens or impairs immune response, making us vulnerable to infections, auto-immune diseases and even cancer. In a recent study published in a 2000 issue of Psychological Medicine, researchers reported that episodes of serious stress experienced early in life may predispose a woman to breast cancer.

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE and 'SUPER BUGS'.Once considered miracle drugs, antibiotics are now abused to the point they pose a major health threat worldwide. Bacteria are now outwitting potent antibiotics creating the risk of global infections that won't respond to the best of the high-tech drugs. In a June 12, 2000 press release the World Health Organization announced that almost all major infectious diseases are slowly becoming resistant to existing medicine. In a June 12, 2000 press release the World Health Organization announced that almost all major infectious diseases are slowly becoming resistant to existing medicine.

LOW NATURAL KILLER CELL LEVELS. NK (natural killer cells) provide our first line of defense against invaders. A low NK count means a much higher risk of disease and tissue degeneration. Today we are able to measure the number of natural killer cells, and the news is not good. In addition, the constant barrage of free radicals, alcohol, tobacco, dieting, international travel, eating disorders, prescription drug side effects, day care, food additives, aging, lack of sleep, poor digestion and elimination continually weakens our natural immune defenses."

Source: oawhealth.com