In this course we are going to talk about stress as an exacerbating factor in autoimmune disease, as well as the resulting inflammation and look at some of the triggers and discuss practical tools to manage these patients.
Hour 1
Introduction to autoimmune disease
Why are more people being diagnosed with autoimmune disease?
Hygiene Hypothesis
Hour 2
Review triggers of autoimmune disease
Role of endotoxins, hormones, chronic stress and inflammation