Page 7 - Autoimmune diseases

what the body needs. As example, if you develop a

virus, the body should initiate a type 1 response and

direct its resources to that type 1 response and not

to a type 2 response.

Once that viral infection has been resolved, it

should go back to having the flexibility of having

either a type 1 or type 2 response depending on

what the body needs. This is theory, however, and

sometimes the body loses this flexibility to make

the appropriate response and gets stuck in one type

of response. This is called regulation rigidity if it is

non- permanent and regulatory paralysis if it is

permanent.

When the body gets stuck in one type of

response, there is an increased probability that a

person will begin to show immune related

problems. If the immune system gets stuck in the

type 1 response, you are more likely to see

autoimmune diseases. If the immune system gets

stuck in the type 2 responses you are more likely to

see allergies, eczema, asthma, chronic fungal

diseases, chronic fatigue, syndrome and possibly

cancer.

Research from Europe has demonstrated that