Boosting compromised immune systems ,,,

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What are the thoughts of people here on boosting a compromised immune system

bearing in mind, and I quote ... " When your immune system is gone, so are

you " . I forget where on the 'net I read that now but I've not forgotten it

!!!

 

My reason for asking is that I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in

1988 and I do boost my immune system, however there's those who say I should

*not* be doing this..

 

Thanks for any comments,

 

Nancy

 

 

 

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Message: 2

Mon, 23 Feb 2004 10:56:23 -0800

Grace E Cross <lythande7

Re: Boosting compromised immune systems ,,,

 

It's your body and your life. Do what YOU think feels best.

 

Grace

 

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I believe that works on a certain level. Telling everyone that though, you

may be playing with fire.

 

I'm not sure, but I think RA is classified as an autoimmune condition? This

is where the problem lies, with autoimmune conditions.

 

It is the body's immune system attacking itself. You're telling people to

increase thebody's ability to attack itself by boosting their immune system.

It can make things much worse. I've witnessed this within my own family.

 

I believe that with any autoimmune condition, one must firstinvestigatewhat

created the conditionin the first place and address that issue first, and

once corrected, then begin work on boosting and strengthening the immune

system.

 

On another point, justbecuase someone " hems and haws " athaving to explain

thenselves is not a good indicator of the validity of the information. In

personaltiy type psychological models there are certain personalities that

may become frustrated at having to explain details, and other personalitiy

types that thrive on those very details. Stepping back, the details remian

unchanged. What is different is the person exlaining the details.

 

FWIW

 

Khepri