Immune system disorders, including asthma, eczema, psoriasis, hay fever, food allergies, lupus, multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease, have greatly increased in recent years. Experts estimate that many allergies and immune-system have at least doubled, and may even have quadrupled, in the last few decades, mainly in highly developed countries in Europe and North America.

Casual Factors of Immune System Disorders

It is suggested that causal factors may be changes in diet (junk food, processed food, high levels of sugar and fats), air pollution, lack of fresh air and exercise, and – of course – high levels of stress. We also now live in an age where we are constantly encouraged to keep ourselves, our children, and our home, spotless and sterile, thereby preventing us from building a healthy immune system.

Other causes may be modern drugs which actually deplete the immune system, especially if taken over a long period of time. These include – but are not limited to: antibiotics, anticonvulsants, antidepressants and arthritis medications.

Gene Research
Researchers at Dundee University in Scotland have discovered that people with asthma and/or eczema may be carrying a mutated gene which inhibits the protein called filaggrin from doing its job of protecting the skin, thereby allowing allergens to pass through the skin and cause an allergic reaction, causing the skin to react on the surface (eczema) or within the lungs and air passages (asthma). Once scientists can find a way of replicating the gene that produces filaggrin, they believe they will be able to cure these conditions, but this could be years away.

Taking back control of your body

Skin conditions are often the hardest to treat with conventional medicine, and many sufferers benefit from alternative treatments, such as acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, chirokinetic therapy (CKT)*, naturopathy and homeopathy.
*For more information on CKT, visit http://www.vitalbodyclinic.co.uk

Addressing the diet is also important. A healthy diet that includes plenty of fresh vegetables, is low in fat and has a high ratio of alkaline-forming foods, is recommended. Protein should be kept to around 10% of intake, and sugar in any form (including fructose initially) should be avoided at all costs, as well as stimulants such as tea, coffee and alcohol. Wheat, yeast, gluten and dairy products may also be reduced or, ideally, avoided, for a period of at least one month.

Food and other allergy tests may be helpful, but remember that blood tests can only give you an indication of what’s going on in your body at the moment when the blood was withdrawn. Hair analysis tests are often more reliable. One company that specialises in this field is Bionetics UK. http://www.bionetics.co.uk/

Enjoyable exercise will help to simulate the immune system, also creative hobbies and lots and lots of fun and laughter!

Reducing Stress!
Anyone who has suffered from any of these auto-immune diseases or conditions knows the discomfort and distress they produce, making it very difficult to do one of the most important things to improve the situation, and that is, to reduce stress levels. Unfortunately, this can lead to a vicious circle of trying to reduce stress>>becoming stressed by the severity of the condition>>trying to reduce stress.

How can Hypnotherapy help?
Hypnotherapy can help to identify and alleviate the causal factors of stress and anxiety. A course of Hypnotherapy – usually around 6 sessions – combined with alternative treatment such as acupuncture/Chinese herbal medicine or CKT, can produce positive results in a relatively short period of time.

Unlike creams, potions and lotions, which may bring a degree of temporary relief, or drugs that often work to suppress the symptoms and may also be harmful to the body, especially if taken over longer periods; Hypnotherapy works on the basis that the condition is not actually the problem, but instead is the symptom. By neutralising the roots and causes of the problem, the symptoms are more than likely to disappear.

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Author’s Details
Niki Cassar DCH DHP MAPHP(ACC)
Hypnotherapist & Past Life Regressionist – London and Surrey
Website: www.nikicassar.com Email: mindfully@nikicassar.com
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