Myasthenia
gravis is one of the many autoimmune diseases. It is closely related to the
presence of free radicals in the body, causing internal imbalance. As a
matter of fact, disease is but a reflection of internal disharmony, in
particular, in the immune system.
A
malfunctioning immune system is the major cause of autoimmune diseases, which
come in many different forms with many different symptoms; there are as many as
80 to 100 autoimmune diseases. An autoimmune disease occurs when the immune
cells "attack" the body's own organs and tissues, instead of
protecting them from foreign invaders. As an illustration, in allergies, the
body perceives something harmless, such as pollen, as potentially dangerous, and
begins to produce large amounts of pollen antibody. In the next pollen
encounter, the immune system "remembers" the first exposure, and
consequently releases powerful chemicals causing sneezing, wheezing, and other
allergic symptoms. In an autoimmune disease, the "attack" will repeat
itself, and thus causing long-term damage.
According
to Western medicine, there is no cure for autoimmune diseases, such as
rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, and myasthenia gravis, among many
others.
The human body is
composed of negatively and positively charged molecules, which must be balanced
in order to enable these cells to function normally. When any imbalance occurs,
a free radical is formed in these molecules. A free radical may damage other
nearby molecules, causing them to produce more free radicals, and thus
producing a free radical chain reaction.
Free
radicals can also be caused by external factors: alcohol and tobacco; chemicals
and pesticides from foods and pharmaceutical drugs; heavy metals, such as
cadmium and lead, from the environment; radiation from the sun and other
sources, such as cell phones.
Oxygen
free radicals and other free radicals in the human body may cause damages to
cells and neurons, such as the neurons in the brain, the cumulative damage to
the DNA, resulting in human cancers, heart damage in the form of plague
formation on the walls of heart arteries.
Most
importantly, the presence of free radicals weakens the human immune system,
which is essentially a network of cells and organs that communicate with one
another in order to identify the invaders and attack them so as to protect the
body from diseases and infections.
The
best remedy is to prevent an autoimmune disease from developing. Once an
autoimmune disease is triggered by an internal or external factor, such as
stress, using medications, such as prednisone, to suppress the immune system in
order to slow down the attack by the immune system may not work. The reason is
that once the medications are stopped, the attack comes back with a vengeance
because the immune system "remembers" the unhealthy tissue or organ
that initiates the attack in the first place. Given that autoimmune diseases
are complicated, involving many different parts of the human body, the best
cure, if there is any, is a holistic approach to health, instead of targeting
the symptoms with highly toxic pharmaceutical drugs. In other words, to combat
autoimmune diseases, remove free radicals that not only damage body organs and
tissues, but also weaken the immune system, causing it to go awry in attacking,
instead of protecting, the damaged organs and tissues.
Bottom
line: regular internal cleansing is essential to removing free radicals from
your body.
Stephen Lau
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by Stephen Lau
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