In some ways PsychoNoetics started with allergies. I have always had allergies and the physical healing part of my work started when I became trained as an NAET * practitioner.
(*Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique, an allergy therapy based on a kinesiological diagnosis and acupuncture or acupressure therapy clearing.)
Allergies are the hardest things to heal. This is because they are not a disease state in themselves, but rather a healthy, defense mechanism run wild. An allergy starts with the association of a toxic stimulus with one or more innocuous ones. These associations create a category of stimuli that your immune system recognizes and reacts to as toxic and threatening. Thereafter, whenever these formerly innocuous stimuli are encountered, the body defends against them as if they are identical to the associated toxin. They have become allergens!
This kind of associative learning is not only normal; it is essential to our survival. It is what teaches us to unthinkingly avoid putting our hand in the fire or reflexively put our foot on the brake when the light turns red. Despite being normal, allergies can make our lives miserable and in extreme cases, endanger our health.
Associative learning is not only the way allergies form; it is the way they spread. For instance, many of us lose the enzyme to digest milk when we get out of infancy, but though it gives us indigestion, we like a plate of ice cream for desert. When we eat it after other foods, however, the toxicity of the undigested milk can associate with these other foods, and they can become "allergized".
So we don't heal an allergy, rather we unlearn it; we reverse the processes by which the allergy has been learned. When you come to me with an allergic reaction, I investigate what you have become allergic to, and then clear not only the reaction itself, but also the allergic associations and the way in which the immune system is triggered.
Even then, allergies cannot always be cleared permanently. They tend to come back. In much the same way as they were originally learned; they are re-learned. So sometimes the best you can do is manage your allergies, clearing or deconstructing them when they become bothersome.*
*When I first started working as an NAET practitioner, I was frustrated by the fact that some of my patients would regain their allergies, and I suspected that I was doing something wrong. However in time, I had the opportunity to treat people who were initially treated by very advanced practitioners and they too had relapsed. This motivated me to change my approach from allergy elimination to allergy management.
All allergies can be cleared. However, that does not mean you can come to tolerate exposure to every substance. Some so-called allergies are really incompatibilities or even toxins, and exposure to them will not only create a defensive reaction, but also "allergize" other substances that are associated with them.
I offer two related services insofar as allergies are concerned.
Sometimes we can become sensitized to a situation or even a person and have an allergic, defense response like sneezing or hives
These people also tend to form additional allergies at the drop a hat. In many cases, this is because they are in an ongoing, toxic state, and their bodies have to be detoxified.
In every case, as in all severe allergies, the immune system has also been weakened and the adrenals exhausted. The treatment for this is complex. In addition to unlearning the allergies and detoxification, energy healing, glandular, herbal and vitamin supplements, and biomagnets can all used to support and restore adrenal and immune system function.
If you are already working with a holistic physician, I am happy to engage as part of your healing team.
Diseases with a complete or partial autoimmune etiology:
Accepted
The "Mesh" column lists those conditions that are classified as autoimmune by the MeSH system.
Name | MeSH? | ICD-10 | Description |
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | yes | G04.0 | is a form of encephalitis caused by an autoimmune reaction and typically occurring a few days or weeks after a viral infection or a vaccination. |
Addison's disease | yes | E27 | is often caused by autoimmune destruction of the adrenal cortex. |
Ankylosing spondylitis | yes | M08.1, M45. | is a chronic, painful, progressive inflammatory arthritis primarily affecting spine and sacroiliac joints, causing eventual fusion of the spine. |
Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) | yes | D68.8 | affects the blood-clotting process. It causes blood clots to form in veins and/or arteries. |
Aplastic anemia | no | D60 | is often caused by an autoimmune attack on the bone marrow. |
Autoimmune hepatitis | no | K75.9 | is a disorder wherein the liver is the target of the body's own immune system. |
Autoimmune Oophoritis | no | N70 | is a disorder in which the immune system attacks the female reproductive organs. |
Celiac disease | no | K90.0 | is a disease characterized by chronic inflammation of the proximal portion of the small intestine caused by exposure to certain dietary gluten proteins. |
Crohn's disease | no | K50 | is a form of inflammatory bowel disease characterized by chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract. Major symptoms include abdominal pain and diarrhea. There is also a theory that Crohn's Disease is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis. |
Diabetes mellitus type 1 | yes | E10 | when it is characterized by a deficiency or absence of insulin production (Type I), is often the consequence of an autoimmune attack on the insulin-producing beta cells in the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas. |
Gestational pemphigoid | no | O26.4 | is a pregnancy-related blistering condition where autoantibodies are directed against the skin. |
Goodpasture's syndrome | yes | M31.0 | is a disease characterised by rapid destruction of the kidneys and haemorrhaging of the lungs through autoimmune reaction against an antigen found in both organs. |
Graves' disease | yes | E05.0 | is the most common form of hyperthyroidism, and is caused by anti-thyroid antibodies that have the effect of stimulating (agonist) the thyroid into overproduction of thyroid hormone. |
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) | yes | G61.0 | is an acquired immune-mediated inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nervous system (i.e., not the brain and spinal column). It is also called acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, acute idiopathic polyradiculoneuritis, acute idiopathic polyneuritis and Landry's ascending paralysis. |
Hashimoto's disease | yes | E06.3 | is a common form of hypothyroidism, characterised by initial inflammation of the thyroid, and, later, dysfunction and goiter. There are several characteristic antibodies (e.g., anti-thyroglobulin). |
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura | yes | D69.3 | is an autoimmune disease where the body produces anti-platelet antibodies resulting in a low platelet count |
Kawasaki's Disease | no | M30.3 | is often caused by an autoimmune attack on the arteries around the heart. |
Lupus erythematosus | yes | L93, M32 | is a chronic (long-lasting) autoimmune disease wherein the immune system, for unknown reasons, becomes hyperactive and attacks normal tissue. This attack results in inflammation and brings about symptoms. This is a "Non-organ-specific" type of autoimmune disease. |
Multiple sclerosis | yes | G35 | is a disorder of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) characterised by decreased nerve function due to myelin loss and secondary axonal damage. |
Myasthenia gravis | yes | G70.0 | is a disorder of neuromuscular transmission leading to fluctuating weakness and fatigue. Weakness is caused by circulating antibodies that block (antagonist) acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction. |
Opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome (OMS) | n/a | n/a | is a neurological disorder that appears to the result of an autoimmune attack on the nervous system. Symptoms include opsoclonus, myoclonus, ataxia, intention tremor, dysphasia, dysarthria, mutism, hypotonia, lethargy, irritability or malaise. About half of all OMS cases occur in association with neuroblastoma. |
Optic neuritis | no | H46 | is an inflammation of the optic nerve that may cause a complete or partial loss of vision. |
Ord's thyroiditis | n/a | n/a | is a thyroiditis similar to Hashimoto's disease, except that the thyroid is reduced in size. In Europe, this form of thyroid inflammation is more common than Hashimoto's disease. |
Pemphigus | yes | L10 | is an autoimmune disorder that causes blistering and raw sores on skin and mucous membranes. |
Pernicious anaemia | no | D51.0 | is an autoimmune disorder characterised by anaemia due to malabsorption of vitamin B12 |
Polyarthritis in dogs | n/a | n/a | is an immune reaction severely affecting the joints of dogs. Although rare and of unknown cause it can render a dog immobile even at a very young age. Treatment includes cortisone-type drugs. |
Primary biliary cirrhosis | no | K74.3 | appears to be an autoimmune disease that affects the biliary epithelial cells (BECs) of the small bile duct in the liver. Although the cause is yet to be determined, most of the patients (>90%) appear to have auto-mitochondrial antibodies (AMAs) against pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC), an enzyme that is found in the mitochondria. |
Rheumatoid arthritis | yes | M05-M06 | is an autoimmune disorder that causes the body's immune system to attack the bone joints. |
Reiter's syndrome | no | M02 | seems to be an autoimmune attack[citation needed] on various body systems in response to a bacterial infection and the body's confusion over the HLA-B27 marker |
Sjögren's syndrome | yes | M35.0 | is an autoimmune disorder in which immune cells attack and destroy the exocrine glands that produce tears and saliva. |
Takayasu's arteritis | no | M31.4 | is a disorder that results in the narrowing of the lumen of arteries. |
Temporal arteritis (also known as "giant cell arteritis") | yes | M31.5 | is an inflammation of blood vessels, most commonly the large and medium arteries of the head. Untreated, the disorder can lead to significant vision loss. |
Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia | n/a | D59.1 | is a disorder characterized by IgM attack against red blood cells |
Wegener's granulomatosis | no | M31.3 | is a form of vasculitis that affects the lungs, kidneys and other organs. |