Birth Control’s Link to Autoimmune Disease
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Birth Control’s Link to Autoimmune Disease
By Mike Gaskins
March 6, 2019 - Natural Womanhood
“Autoimmune diseases (AI) are enigmatic. Of the nearly 100 diseases in the AI family, none could really be labeled as prototypical. For years, the diversity of these diseases made it difficult for the medical community to recognize what was happening as autoimmunity grew into an epidemic. The fragmentation and compartmentalization of Western medicine essentially obscured their ability to connect the dots. But now we can see that hormonal birth control is at least partly responsible for the increase in these seemingly disparate diseases.
Lupus is primarily a rheumatic disease. Multiple Sclerosis attacks the central nervous system. Crohn’s disease goes after the gut. Despite the differences in the broad scope of diseases that fall under the AI umbrella, there is evidence of a robust underlying bond. One in every four autoimmune patients will be diagnosed with another AI disease, and each of these diseases is the product of a renegade immune system attacking the body’s healthy tissue. But, the connection expands beyond what’s been labeled as multiple autoimmune syndrome. “
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