Hello, 50+ LDN user

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Could you elaborate a bit on the subject you mentioned, that an auto immune disease is the result of a weakened immune state?

I have never heard of research or evidence in this direction.
There are pointers to, genetic effects, to stress, to bacteria, but I never have seen the link to a weak immune system.

If I think of that and see myself, it is also not fitting. With a weakened immune system I would expect to have more infections, other problems and be more vulnerable for viruses, for instance. And I am not. I hardly ever have a cold, while people around me are sneezing and breezing, it has been years since I had influenza and I am hardly ever sick nor do I have other problems besides the PsA.
Now it is of course possible that I am myself a bit weird example, I am Dutch you know, but still...

Funny you mention this Caroline, as I have experienced the same thing. When I changed to a healthy diet and started taking nutritional supplements, I haven't had  a cold, flu, or virus in the last 3 years. Yet I developed a tumor the size of a baseball , COPD, and now this arthritic condition, among other things. Go figure. Now Granted, obviously being a prior heavy smoker explains the cancer and COPD, but with these conditions, that are well known to suppress your immunity,  how is it I haven't as much as a cold in that time. It's a very good question Caroline.

Best I could assume, is that the immune system is very complicated. There are two main parts to immunity. Innate and adaptive. Innate protects us from pathogens like viruses, bugs, and so forth. Adaptive is generally considered what goes wrong with autoimmunity. They involve the T and B cells among others that improperly attack self cells mistakenly. Your immune system is dysfunctional,  hampered, or weakened. I need to pull the studies to explain it better. I'm sure any doctor is aware of this, at least they should be.

I will post the studies when I start the thread. I will document everything I say there. Would like to give a little background on my quest for health first, here in this thread, which I think is important to get an idea where I'm coming from.