Autoimmune Problems: 11 Insights into Symptoms and Healing
Many medical professionals will tell you that autoimmune problems are due to the body attacking itself.
But this explanation is not only misleading—it completely ignores the root cause of what’s really happening in the body.
An autoimmune condition isn’t your body turning against you. Rather, it’s a collection of immune system symptoms that signal an underlying issue needing attention.
Let’s take a deeper look at these symptoms and what your body is really trying to tell you.
Common Autoimmune Problems That Might Be Helping You Heal—But You Could Be Hindering the Process
Fever =Detoxification: A fever is your body’s natural way of raising temperature to dissolve and excrete toxins. It activates sweat and helps eliminate harmful substances. Suppressing a fever with medication can trap those toxins inside, delaying healing.
Inflammation= Healing: Inflammation is often misunderstood, as it is actually needed to some degree to trigger a healing process. While chronic inflammation can be harmful, acute inflammation is essential for healing. It signals your immune system to send defense cells to damaged tissue. When we take anti-inflammatory medications (not including adaptogenic herbs), we are telling the body that we do not want to trigger healing and may actually hinder this vital repair process.
Infection= Internal Cleansing: When we have an infection, the body is using bacteria to transform metabolic and cellular waste into less toxic elements. Acute infection is the pathway to the body beginning to clean house, chronic infection signifies an overgrowth in bacteria.
Cough=A Respiratory Cleanse: A cough is your body’s attempt to eliminate toxins through the lungs. Cough syrup suppresses the urge, leading to the body keeping the toxins on board.
Tumour=A Containment System: Think of a tumour as a sealed garbage bin—encapsulating toxic waste and dead cells to prevent them from spreading. When we cut, burn, or poison the tumour, we are opening an opportunity to release the toxins (usually a collection of dead cells) into the body.
High Blood Pressure = Nutrient Delivery: High blood pressure may result from an underlying infection or nutrient deficiency. It’s often the body’s attempt to increase blood flow to deliver vital nutrients to damaged or inflamed cells.
Eczema/Psoriasis/Vomiting/Diarrhoea=Elimination Pathways: The skin is the largest detoxification organ.
Conditions like eczema and psoriasis are methods of toxin elimination through the skin, they are also an immune response to toxins and waste. Vomiting and diarrhoea are other methods of rapid waste elimination through the gut and digestive system.
Constipation= Slowing Down for a Reason: When the body feels the need to slow down digestion, it is doing this to maximise nutrient absorption or to cope with excess toxins in the digestive tract. Constipation is often the result. It’s often a protective mechanism—not just a digestive issue.
Allergies =Immune Sensitivities: Allergies are an immune response to cellular irritants that the body perceives as harmful. True allergies differ from seasonal allergies. Seasonal allergies signify a different immune response in play.
Heartburn and the Acid Response: Heartburn is also an immune response to food, toxins or waste. The stomach produces excess acid to break down food or neutralise other toxins in the body. Heartburn and acid reflux are often a chronic response to an acute issue. Taking medications to stop the process will provide temporary relief, but will, however, cause further issues and mask the root cause.
Anxiety & Depression= The Gut-Brain Connection: Mental health issues such as anxiety and depression can be triggered by a lack of good bacteria in the gut. Our body feels unsafe, and if the intestinal flora is not in balance, this can present as mental or emotional imbalance. For more information, please try our quizzes on serotonin vs dopamine to determine the possible root cause of your depression and our root cause analysis to see if it could be an imbalance in intestinal flora.
Final Thoughts
Autoimmune problems and symptoms are not random acts of self-sabotage. They’re messages from the body, pointing toward deeper immune dysfunction or toxic overload.
Rather than suppressing symptoms, it’s vital to uncover the root cause and support the body’s innate healing processes.
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