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Read all about it! Autoimmune illness and vitamin D deficiencies

There is research relating autoimune disease, inflamation, and vitamin D deficiencies may all be related and infact a direct result of small intracellular bacteria that are thought to be the root cause of autoimmune illness.the cliff notes version is small intracellular bacterium invade the nuclei of many of the bodies cells over time
causing inflammation and chronic disease.in other words the invading bacteria stop the body from being able to properly regulate the vitamin d which in its active form is used to fight off bacterium,pathagins amongst other things as well, They release substances that stop the VDR (a intracellular hormone receptor which is resposible for activating vitamin d within the body turns out there is the active form and non active form of vitamin d the microbes confuse the vdr receptors and vitamin d stays on all the time doesnt shut down builds up in the body.

The pathogens also hijack the RNA/DNA messaging – and can change over 900 genes within the body (all of those transcribed by the VDR). And because the pathogens block the VDR’s action, other nuclear receptors (the VDR, PXR, GCR, Thyroid-alpha-1 and beta-1) are all seriously affected. The loss of the GCR – the glucocorticoid receptor – and thyroid homeostasis, or balance – leads to diagnoses of hypo-thyroidism and adrenal insufficiency. Basically I have inflamation due to microbial pathagins. Doctors see through a blood test i am vitamin d deficient they only test the inactive form of vitamin d which has been shut down blocked by the body in an attempt to slow the steady increases of the active form of vitamin d that cant shut down by means of the hijacked VDR receptor due to microbial pathogins so doctors see the appearance from blood work as though I am dangerously low in vitamin D and emmediatly try to put me on very high doses for me it was 50,000 units ounce per week to start this according to the marshal Protocal will only further upset the balance of things and further irritate inflame surrounding receptors causing more and more inflamation, more medicine more inflamation more desease. Realy think about this were all we got There solution is small busrt of certain types of antibiotics administered over a 1 to 3 year time period and absolutly no vitamin d injested at this time I know maybe this is a litlle out there but the theory is new and inovative and has some good points ,points worth contiplating dont you agree?? I believe it is Microbial. I am acidic testet myself for a week 4 times a day using a acid test kit i purchsed from whole foods and came back very acidic, if i can get my body back to a oxyginated state maybe all bacterium,microbes pathogins you name it will be destroyed, as bacteria ect... can not, can not, survive in a well oxyginated environment. If anyone is interested please read the links below as they may be helpful in begining to understand the problems we face with alopecia areata and other immune deseases, write back give me feed back let me know what you think about the Mashal protocal Theory, If it not too personal do you all have other underlining symptoms ,condition immune type deseases ITB crohns, lupus fibromialga hart palipitations food sensitivities ?? Can changing diet completly getting more sleep resting more ,praying more in quiet silence and peace ,breathing in quality oxygen big breathes really begin to reverse these syptomatic chronic problems we face ,think about it what do you guys think??? By the way my docs know nothing of it , never heard of the study avoid it like the plague there answere more levo more paxil more vitamin D more ,more more,! they have no advise or answeres for my current problems, go figure.
Read more at Suite101: Are Your Vitamin D Supplements Making You Sick?: Autoimmune Disease and the Vitamin D Connection http://autoimmunedisease.suite101.com/article.cfm/autoimmune_disease_and_the_vitamin_d_connection#ixzz0fCDj8rjy
from working correctly, so DNA repair is damaged, there is no regulation of 1,25-D (the active form of vitamin D), and it is unable to produce pathogen-fighting cells such as phagocytes

Read more at Suite101: A Cure for Autoimmune Disease?: The Marshall Protocol Answer http://autoimmunedisease.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_marshall_protocol_cure#ixzz0fCAWBBRV
http://autoimmunedisease.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_marshall_prot...

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Comment by JeffreySF on February 10, 2010 at 11:28pm: Hi George,

I'll read the articles you posted.
I too have had alopecia going on 3 years. I've been taking Vitamin D3 1000-2000 iu daily for about a year or so now.

Jeffrey

Comment by Georgie on February 10, 2010 at 11:36pm: Interesting....I also take 2000 IU of Vitamin D every day. We have a lot of clouds in Oregon...!

Comment by Beth S on February 11, 2010 at 9:27pm: I just was tested last week and my vitamin D was low. I am confused thought are we not supposed to take vitamin D per this article?

Comment by Jeff W on February 11, 2010 at 9:46pm: Interesting article, George. Looks like vitaming D isn't much better understood than alopecia. Some researchers insist we should take it and others insist we shouldn't. The numerous and varied medical opinions on it will make your head spin. I have always suspected I get the winter blahs due to lack of sunlight which results in less natural vitamin D production and low vitamin D has been linked to hair loss. Unfortunately, I can never get myself to regularly take any vitamins, so I can't say from personal experience whether or not D3 supplements help (or hurt). It will be interesting to see if the Marshall studies yield conclusive results, as any progress toward better understanding auto-immune disorders would be welcome.

Comment by Longaa doc on February 11, 2010 at 10:17pm: From personal experience, I can say that my AA is worse during winter time and better during summer time when I get more sun exposure.

Comment by JeffreySF on February 11, 2010 at 11:41pm: Since Vitimin D is a fat soluble vitamin I would think that taking it regularly the stores would be built up....

Comment by Georgie on February 11, 2010 at 11:45pm: Speaking of sun exposure....I got my very first patch of missing hair ever...in May. I had been outside pruning on a sunny day. That night when brushing my teeth I felt a sore spot on my head. It was the missing patch of hair...sunburned!!

Later, my dermatologist agreed that the sunburn helped stimulate new hair growth. Funny and not funny.....since this was only the beginning of AA for me.

Comment by Joy on February 12, 2010 at 12:06am: the vitamin d thing is one that i have trouble with. im low in vitiamin d and get it checked every 4 months. im taking 3000iu a day and i know its supposed to help with mood and hair loss. i was deficient a while ago. whether that made my hair loss advance i dont know but i do know that since this vitamin can build up it needs to be monitored. it also has a very good impact on depression too. oh i almost forgot to add..i have 2 autoimmine disorders. thanks for the interesting blog!!!!!!

Comment by JeffreySF on February 12, 2010 at 12:25am: I've never had my Vitamin D level checked. Something to do with the next Dr appt...

Comment by George Ortiz on February 12, 2010 at 11:16am: Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin. The difficulty with Vitamin D is that it is naturally present in very few foods.

It is made in our bodies when our skin is exposed to ultraviolet rays from the sun. This Vitamin D is initially biologically inactive. It then gets hydroxylated by the liver to form 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D], also known as calcidiol. 25(OH)D gets hydroxylated in the kidney to form the physiologically active 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D [1,25(OH)2D], also known as calcitriol. according to the marshal protocal the VDR receptor is responsible for turning on and shutting off the active form of vitamin d active form also prduces anti microbial fighters called phagocytes which are resposible for killing off invading microbes these invading microbes alter mutate the vdr resptor rendering it useless so active form of vitamin stays on while inactive form gets cut off rendering a low vitamin D blood test result pretty interesting huh,also quite possible.

Vitamin D has a multitude of functions in the human body. It promotes calcium absorption in the gut, helps with bone growth and remodeling and reduces inflammation.

Current research shows that Vitamin D is involved in the regulation of over 200 genes responsible for cellular growth, differentiation, cell death and blood vessel generation. I ve tried to ask my Doctors to consider this theory but ran from it avoided it like the plague they do not want to be responsible for questioning the FDA current regulation and procedures i guess?? they dont want to be sued either I guess?? Well hope this information helps Have a good day.

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