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What If Antibiotics Caused My Autoimmune Disorder?

September 06, 2011 7:36 am by Denise in Health
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[Editor's Note: 30 years ago, I knew just a few people with autoimmune disorders. Today, I know more than I can count - people of all ages. Could there be a relationship between antibiotic use and autoimmune disorders? - Denise]

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I stopped taking them for the most part years ago. I stopped taking them because I realized that I had built up such an immunity that they barely worked, and that if that was the case the more I took them the less they would work. I would in the past get them for something like a sinus infection or maybe strep throat, take the full prescription, and then days later I would notice the symptoms coming back…and then get prescribed a new round of antibiotics.

Realizing this, along with the context of having seen antibiotics listed as a potential cause of another diagnosis made me realize that it could be another potential cause of MS that I totally can relate to.

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strawberrytech 6 pts

I wonder about food and other outside causes as well, I don't believe our bodies choose to attack themselves without some outside 'stuff' confusing our system, whether it's antibiotics, food, other drugs, lotion, or anything else we eat/drink/breath/

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LucindaA 26 pts

Cross posted on original blog entry as well:

I’ve had Crohn’s disease and Celiac disease for 15 years. My mother has MS, Crohn’s, and fibromyalgia. My grandmother had Ulcerative Colitis. All autoimmune disorders. We are living proof it runs in families. I fear for my daughter.

Do I think antibiotics cause autoimmune disorders? Not necessarily. Do I believe you can be genetically predisposed to autoimmune disorders that are then triggered by an imbalance in your system from an environmental factor like antibiotics? Sure. Antibiotics mess with your immune system. They create an imbalance because they don’t kill bacteria selectively. They kill the good with the bad and if that happens too often and your body is already susceptible, then we have problems.

But there are lots of things that create an imbalance. Start with the food supply. Too much sugar, fat, starch, artificial flavors, colors, preservatives. Throw in a few noxious chemical cleaners, air fresheners, perfumes, fabric softeners and laundry dye. Mix in lack of exercise, overproduction of cortisol due stress, and constantly being on alert and your body simply can no longer cope. It shuts down. Your immune system gets confused because it can no longer determine self from not self. It attacks everything and we get sick.

I hope you can find answers you are searching for. If it were simple, we would already know, wouldn’t we? Good luck.

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Zulmara Maria Teixeira de Lima
Zulmara Maria Teixeira de Lima

Well, I think it could be for some peeps and not for others...a very individual thing...

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Surviving a Teachers Salary

Jenny we have a correlation too. I never really believed in it till it happened to us, and now I'm not so sure anymore. My son was completely fine until his 18 month shots. He ran a fever for 10 days then had a seizure. Same regression. Thankfully he *only* has Asperger's now and we've been able to conquer a lot of the serious troubles with it but it always makes me wonder!

Joslyn Neiderer
Joslyn Neiderer

I have Crohn's, I was on antibiotics approx 4 times in my entire life (I'm nearly 30). I don't think they caused my disease. I agree with the ladies above that our food supply is most likely to blame imo.

Jenny Duffy
Jenny Duffy

It probably has caused cases of autism too. Or at least lowered threshold and then vaccines containing mercury, formaldehyde, aluminum, etc. trigger autism by having a weakened immune system. I know at 14 months my child was "normal" then he got a virus. He had antibiotics and then a slew of vaccines at 18 months and then major regression. So sad, but in our case a definite correlation.

Nadja Brocus
Nadja Brocus

They give antibiotics for everything. I had an ER doc try to give my daughter a full round of antibiotics for a wasp sting! Um, overdo it much?!

Brooke Harshbarger Schmidt
Brooke Harshbarger Schmidt

Yes. And GMOs. And food dyes. And preservatives. Time for folks to educate themselves and not blindly pick up whatever sits on the grocery store shelves! Here's how we almost lost our son to toxic "food": http://www.mamasagainstdrama.com/index.html?entry=...

Julie Gordon
Julie Gordon

I have had Doctors that would NOT prescribe antibiotics for every fever or sniffle I have had and am very grateful..

Angie Rapids
Angie Rapids

I think GMO food crops are causing many health related issues as well. Many other countries are starting to ban GMO's due to the research on the effect the food items are having on people's health. I think one of the studies was on Vietnamese people - I may be wrong but it was people in that area of the world - and their genetics had actually been altered by some of the GMO crop staples they consume.

Sarah Hawkes Valente
Sarah Hawkes Valente

they caused mine. :(