Does poor immunity cause autoimmunity?

Autoimmune diseases arise from a complex and multifactorial interplay of immunological, environmental and genetic factors.

While immune problems can contribute to the development or exacerbation of autoimmunity, they don't necessarily cause autoimmunity directly.

Yet, health challenges like lyme disease, mould illness (CIRS) and viruses can act as triggers.

So while autoimmunity and poor general immunity are distinct entities, they can influence each other and contribute to increased susceptibility to infections and other complications.

This is partly why many people don't just get one autoimmune disease, but two or three.

Autoimmunity and poor general immunity involve dysregulation of the immune system, albeit in different ways. But there can be shared immunological pathways and mechanisms underlying both conditions.

Some autoimmune diseases can also affect the production or function of immune cells, leading to secondary immune deficiencies and impaired immune regulation or tolerance mechanisms.

So autoimmunity and poor general immunity can influence each other and contribute to increased susceptibility to infections and other complications.

What can we do?

Take out reactive and inflammatory foods or food groups, directly support your immune system for deficiencies, reduce stress, rest and sleep, fox your gut and more.