Possible Causes and Conditions of Fibromyalgia
July 2nd, 2009
Understanding why people get fibromyalgia is difficult. There doesn’t seem to be only one reason or trigger that defines FMS so it fits into the category of autoimmune diseases.
The main symptom is pain in the muscles which may be due to the destruction of the myelin sheath, the sack that protects the nerves. This exposes the nerves and causes pain.
Another theory is that Candida overgrowth causes a leaky gut. If you develop this you may also have developed an allergy to protein, especially if you eat meat. With this allergy your own body begins to attack the muscles, which are similar to protein. Either of these reasons has to do with poor cellular communication.
Either way, the Causes and Conditions of Fibromyalgia look like an autoimmune condition.
Different types of long chain carbohydrates reside on the surface of cells. Communicating information about that cell, and allowing it to interact and exchange information with other cells. One thing they communicate is that they are a part of the body. When cells have these markers, they won’t be attacked. Any cell that doesn’t have these cell markers is treated as “non-self” by the immune system and can be attacked.
The essential heavy molecular weight carbohydrates that make up cell markers aren’t common in our diet. With healthy individuals, this is not a problem because they can be made from ordinary carbohydrates. However, the process required to do this is enzyme intensive and as an autoimmune disease develops, enzymes are destroyed throughout the body so, you become enzyme deficient and therefore, unable to produce adequate amounts of long chain cell markers.
This may be why some cells can’t communicate that they are part of the body. If the immune system is over activated, it may attack those cells. Causing inflammatory damage, and ultimately organ and joint damage.
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