Living Well with Autoimmune Disease: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know

A complete guide to understanding the mysterious and often difficulttopinpoint disorders of the immune systemand finding the keys to diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. An estimated fifty million people suffer from symptoms including fatigue, joint pains, depression, or heart palpitations ???igns that the immune system has turned on itself, causing conditions such as thyroid disease, hepatitis, or multiple sclerosis. And while doctors may prescribe treatments to relieve these surface ailments, when asked about the lifelong health implications of an autoimmune condition, they often just shrug their shoulders. Yet much like cancer, having one autoimmune disease puts you at high risk for developing another, and understanding the underlying immune process can reverse a patients approach to a dysfunctionfor the author, it changed the way she ate, the vitamins and supplements she took, and the types of doctors she visited. Living Well with Autoimmune Disease is the first book that goes beyond the conventional treatments by showing you how to work on your underlying autoimmune dysfunction with natural and alternative therapies.

Mary J. Shomon is a nationally known patient advocate who has worked in social marketing and grassroots communications. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of numerous thyroid, autoimmune, and nutrition newsletters and websites and is one of the first patient members of the American Academy of Physicians and Patients. She lives in Kensington, Maryland