I suspect this is a stuck cell danger response (CDR) and not autoimmune. Basically your body is stuck in the crisis mode even though threat has passed. The question is why is this happening so much more frequently? My guess would be we are much more toxic due to environmental/diet and more stressed.
This would make sense for those of us who developed symptoms - neuro, etc after some illness/injury/stress. Luckily, more and more work is being done on this. I think it gives hope. One thing though - i would think active infections would still need to be cleared otherwise you risk starting the whole cycle again. Here’s an excerpt on CDR:
The CDR is a natural and universal cellular response to any injury or stress. Its purpose is to help protect the cell and to jump-start the healing process. But sometimes the CDR gets stuck. This prevents completion of the natural healing cycle and can permanently alter the way the cell responds to the world. When this happens, cells behave as if they are still injured or in imminent danger, even though the original cause of the injury or threat has passed. On a molecular level, the defended set points for cellular homeostasis are altered. This creates a pathological metabolic memory—an abnormal cellular response—that leads to chronic disease. When this happens during early child development, it causes autism and many other chronic childhood disorders. When it happens later in life, a persistent CDR can lead to immune exhaustion and it can lower the resistance to chronic infections. When it swings in the other direction, the immune system takes on a hair trigger and it leads to inflammatory and autoimmune disorders. In both cases, it increases the prevalence of chronic disease.
The drug Suramin stops the bad signals and tells the body the war is over. It is a antipurinergic drug. Chinese skullcap is an antipurinergic herb. I haven’t heard of dramatic improvements using it though, like suramin. There are 19 purinergic receptors so maybe suramin in working on more (or critical ones) that skullcap is not. Interesting stuff! And could be very important for some infected with COVID.
Post Edited (k07) : 7/9/2020 5:27:27 AM (GMT-6)