Autoimmune Disease
Barrier integrity, inflammatory load, nutrient status and unresolved infection, addressed alongside your rheumatologist and targeting fewer flares.
Your diagnosis names the tissue under attack. It does not tell you what is keeping your immune system switched on, and suppressing the symptom leaves that running. Our work is finding which drivers are active in your case and reducing them — whether you were diagnosed last month or fifteen years ago, because time with a diagnosis rarely means anyone identified the drivers.
Autoimmunity usually needs three things at once: genetic susceptibility, an environmental trigger, and a loosened intestinal barrier. You cannot change the first. The other two are where treatment lives, which is why we concentrate on barrier function, inflammation, nutrient status, and infections that never fully cleared.
Testing identifies the inflammatory pathways and antibody patterns specific to your case, and treatment follows those rather than your diagnosis code. Alongside it: sleep, stress, and a deliberately short list of targeted interventions. What we are aiming at is lower inflammation, longer stretches between flares, and slower progression.
Assessment covers barrier permeability, hs-CRP for inflammation, thyroid antibodies, vitamin D, and infections such as Epstein–Barr that never resolved. Realistic: lower inflammatory markers, longer gaps between flares, and sometimes less medication — decided with the specialist who prescribes it. Not realistic: stopping a disease-modifying drug because you feel better. Nobody here will suggest that.
Your workup and protocol run inside Functional Health, alongside your rheumatologist rather than in place of them. Start with the free fifteen-minute consultation.
What this covers
Autoimmune Disease spans several presentations. Each one has its own workup.
Hashimoto's thyroiditis
An autoimmune condition before it is a thyroid one, which is why antibodies, conversion and nutrient cofactors are assessed alongside your replacement therapy.
Common questions
The ones we are asked most about autoimmune disease.
Hashimoto's, psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, celiac, and autoimmune skin conditions including eczema, alopecia and vitiligo.
No. Years with a diagnosis rarely means anyone found the drivers, and usually nobody did. With the right testing and a plan built on it, inflammation comes down and longer gaps between flares are a realistic goal.
They manage your flares, and they manage them well. We add the step before: finding the inflammatory pathways, microbial imbalance and antibody patterns specific to you. The two run together, not instead of each other.
Ready to start with a clear clinical picture?
Start with the fifteen-minute consultation. No cost, and a straight answer on whether this model fits your case.