Autoimmune diseases used to be thought of as a “woman’s disease.” And a larger percentage of women are indeed diagnosed with autoimmune diseases more often than men.
But a brand-new study shows that it is changing…
A team of researchers has shown that antinuclear antibodies — a common biomarker of autoimmune disease — have become more prevalent in the US population over the past 25 years.1
The research team analyzed blood samples from more than 14,000 people over a 25-year period.
Their analysis found that the prevalence of the antibody biomarker increased from 11% in the earliest samples to 16% in the most recent.
And the biggest increase was in non-Hispanic white men.
And over the past few decades, more people than ever before have conditions like:
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Autoimmune disorders happen when your body turns against itself. Mainstream medicine will likely tell you the problem is a “defective” gene. But you don’t develop these conditions because someone in your family did.
They occur when your own immune system becomes overactive and attacks your body instead of diseases and foreign invaders.
Most doctors will blame your genes. But that just means they have no idea how to cure you.
So they use Big Pharma’s drugs to try to beat an out-of-control immune system into submission. But these drugs have terrible side effects. At best, you can get nausea, headaches, and weight gain. At worse, you can face an increased risk of cancer and life-threatening infections.
Doctors also use corticosteroids to try to reduce inflammation.
I don’t use those drugs with my patients. I don’t believe in attacking the immune system. Instead, I help my patients support and balance their immune systems to restore proper functioning using hyperbaric oxygen therapy, or HBOT.
Mainstream doctors find it hard to accept that breathing a high level of oxygen can improve the course of autoimmune diseases. But it makes perfect sense because HBOT works by healing inflammation. And that’s just what you need to fight autoimmune disease. As an example, let’s look at multiple sclerosis.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the nervous system. The body’s immune system attacks its own myelin. That’s the fatty substance that coats and protects nerve fibers.
But restoring oxygen can help prevent the scarring that leads to permanent MS damage. And it can also reduce the progression of the disease.
In an important study, 40 patients with advanced MS were divided into two groups. One group received pure oxygen for 90 minutes once daily.
The other group received a placebo. At the end of 20 treatments, 12 of the 17 HBOT patients had improved symptoms. Only one patient in the placebo group improved.2
A study in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry confirmed those results. It showed that HBOT significantly preserved muscle coordination in MS patients.3
Now here’s what’s shocking… Studies like these have been completely ignored in the U.S. But throughout the rest of the world, doctors are using this therapy successfully.
In the U.K., more than 70% of patients with advanced MS showed significant results following HBOT, compared to only 5.8% of patients in the placebo group. The patients had 20 sessions of HBOT. After just four weeks, 64% to 77% of their symptoms improved.4
Then the patients returned for weekly treatments or as often as they wanted. After 10 to 13 years, 23% of the remaining patients had no further decline. And an incredible 7% had actually improved their condition.
Keep in mind… This is a disease most doctors say keeps getting worse with time. They never hold out hope of long-term improvement.
Bring Back Your Health With Healing HBOT
HBOT helps more than MS. Studies show its effective at treating all autoimmune diseases, including Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, fibromyalgia, and diabetes.5,6,7,8,9
If you have an autoimmune disease and you want to do more than just treat the symptoms, call my clinic at 561-784-7852. They will be happy to schedule an appointment at the clinic.
To Your Good Health,
Al Sears, MD, CNS
References:
1. Dinse G, et al. “Increasing prevalence of antinuclear antibodies in the United States.” Arthritis Rheumatol. 2020 Jun;72(6):1026-1035.
2. Fischer BH, Marks M, Reich T. “Hyperbaric-oxygen treatment of multiple sclerosis: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study.” N Engl J Med. 1983;308:181- 186.
3. Barnes, MP et al. “Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of multiple sclerosis.” J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1987;50(11):1402-6.
4. Rapid Recovery Hyperbarics. “Research on long term multiple sclerosis(MS).” Accessed 09/22/2022 http://www.hbot4u.com/Studies/Multiple%20S
5. Chen S, et al. “Early hyperbaric oxygen therapy attenuates disease severity in lupus-prone autoimmune (NZB × NZW) F1 mice.” Clin Immunol. 2003;108(2):103-110.
6. Sit M, et al. “The effects of hyperbaric oxygen on rheumatoid arthritis: a pilot study.” J Clin Rheumatol. 2021 Dec 1;27(8):e462-e468.
7. “Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.” Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Dec 1;33(1S Suppl 1):e564-e573.
8. Shai Efrati, et al. “Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can diminish fibromyalgia syndrome – prospective clinical trial.” PLoS ONE. 2015;10 (5).
9. Vera Cruz P, et al. “Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Improves Glucose Homeostasis in Type 2 Diabetes Patients: A Likely Involvement of the Carotid Bodies.”Adv Exp Med Biol. 2015;860:221-5.