nutrition
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Sjogren’s Syndrome
This week, I wanted to post about Sjogren’s syndrome. Sjogren’s is one of the autoimmune disorders that I have. About one in ten people with lupus will also have Sjogren’s, though some statistics believe it is more like one in six. Sjogren’s syndrome is an immune system illness where your immune system attacks your healthy… Continue reading
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Autoimmune Pancreatitis
Thankfully, my liver enzymes decreased back to normal and the ultrasound and CT scan showed that my liver looks ok. While they were doing an ultrasound and CT scan of my abdomen, the doctor had the tech also look at my pancreas and gallbladder since I am still having GI issues. (As much as I… Continue reading
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Update #1
So, it has been quite a while since I have written and finally have time to keep updating! Since I last posted, a lot has happened. After visiting numerous specialists including a neuro-ophthalmologist, an endocrinologist, and a hepatologist, I am hoping that I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. A lot… Continue reading
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Comorbidities in Autoimmune
Autoimmune diseases are tricky. Your immune system attacks your body and it’s healthy cells. And then each autoimmune has so many different areas of the body that can be attacked, it makes it difficult to figure out which one you have. Add in the fact that there is no singular test and the doctor has… Continue reading
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Mental Health and Autoimmune Disease
People with autoimmune diseases or any chronic illness are at an increased risk for having mental health issues, especially anxiety and depression. While dealing with a mental health issue alone has an extreme effect on a person’s health, having a mental health issue in conjunction with a chronic illness could potentially be worse. It has… Continue reading
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Anti-Inflammatory Foods
Anti-Inflammatory Foods This week, I am supposed to be talking about the supplements that are beneficial for those with autoimmune diseases; however, I wanted to add on to last week’s topic of the autoimmune diet protocol. The autoimmune diet protocol is mostly an overview of what foods to avoid in order to reduce inflammation. What… Continue reading
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What is the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) Diet?
The Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) diet is one that has an aim to reduce inflammation, pain, and other symptoms that are caused by autoimmune diseases. There has been a lot of research done that shows very promising reports of improvement in the way that patients with autoimmune diseases feel when on an AIP diet. The main… Continue reading
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What is Functional Medicine?
Technically, functional medicine is just a personalized, integrative approach to healthcare. It involves the prevention, the management, and knowing the root causes of a complex chronic disease. Depending on where you look up functional medicine, you may come across that it is a pseudoscience and that the methods are unproven or disproven. Wikipedia even uses… Continue reading
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What is an Autoimmune Disorder/Disease Cont.
The really sucky part about having an autoimmune disease is that it has become acceptable to believe that they cannot be prevented or reversed, only managed. This causes people to feel completely dependent on their doctors and the medications they prescribe along with the fear and the pain. In the grand scheme of things, there… Continue reading
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What is an Autoimmune Disorder/Disease?
I get questions all the time from my family and friends that asking me what exactly an autoimmune disorder is and why do I not “look” sick? If you research autoimmune disorders, you may find an overwhelming amount of information along with a lot of medical jargon that can be very hard to understand. There… Continue reading
About Me
Welcome to my blog – The Autoimmune Professor. The goal of this blog is to help those diagnosed with autoimmune disorders by providing as much information on autoimmune diseases as possible. I was recently diagnosed with Lupus and Sjogren’s. While going through numerous testing, I also found out that I have Chronic Lyme disease.
I am a professor and researcher with a doctorate in Educational Psychology, a doctorate in Health Sciences, a masters in Global Health, and am currently obtaining a PhD in exercise science.
I am hoping that this blog will help others by providing information and increasing awareness of autoimmune diseases.
the autoimmune professor 