#autoimmune
Salk Institute researchers have just given us all a new view of immune cells using super-resolution microscopy. The images above show T-Cell receptors during an immune response, and are the first pictures to show this process in lymph nodes. Every new image and discovery in this field gets us closer to a more total understanding how our body’s immune system works, and perhaps how to apply our own immunities to treat autoimmune diseases, infections or cancer.
“We had seen these receptors cluster and reposition in cultured cells that were artificially stimulated in the lab, but we’ve never seen their natural arrangements in lymph nodes until now,” says senior author Björn Lillemeier, an associate professor in Salk’s Nomis Laboratories for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, and the Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center.
Learn more about this amazing discovery here, and don’t forget to spend a few seconds marveling at these amazing photographs of this microscopic world inside us all!
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I have gone from severe chronic pain and fatigue, to zero chronic fatigue and mild pain. Professionals didn’t listen to me so I had to do my own research. Here are a few things that have given me my life back.
(DISCLAIMER: I am not a doctor or giving medical advice, I am merely sharing my personal experience and some things that have worked for me, please do your own research and continue to see your doctor)
Sending love :)
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3 ways to kill hay-fever :)
1) Vitamin C
2) Nettle tea
3) Avoid dairy, tomatoes, celery, melons, peaches and alcohol as they can worsen symptoms!
Vitamin c and nettle tea are natural antihistamines, and won’t put you to sleep like some medicines do!
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Nut allergies?
Try blending tigernut flour with coconut oil for a delicious nut-free nut spread replacement!
(Remember, acne can be a sign of food intolerances!)
Hello everyone! Having a medical condition with varying symptoms can make it really difficult to know when a new or worsening symptom should be something to be concerned about.
It’s so hard when doctors have not been listening to you for years to not feel like you’re just going to be fobbed off again.
There’s also only so many times that you can listen to a doctor telling you your results are completely fine when you feel really awful
My wrists ache. My forearms scream every time I rest them on my office desk. My motivation is at an all time low. But 2 weeks no sugar is the triumph I am clinging to right now to get me through the day.
Side note people at work give me the dirty looks while I wait to take the elevator down 2 floors instead of using the stairs. I just can’t face stairs at the moment.
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When your immune system is so shot that you only just got over being sick….and you’re sick again.
As you all may understand, my weight fluctuates just by sniffing a donut. Right now I am feeling a little bit crappy and trying to make a change by cutting sugar out again. The goal is to lose this belly bloat asap. But I can also see some pineapple lumps in my desk drawer calling out to me!
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I just got glutened. This is terrible. Fml
Anyone here have Hashimotos with fibro myalgia, can anyone describe their symptoms and what the pain is like?
Having to sharpie the words “take meds” on my water bottle that goes everywhere with me, because I just never remember.
Getting super sore joints at the moment because it’s so cold here.
You know it’s bad when it hurts to walk because of your toes.
I’ll have weeks where my brain will function normally, hardly any fogging or silly mistakes but then every now and again I suffer really badly. I find it hard to comprehend things or understand, I forget words, I misplace things and make stupid mistakes that I regret instantly. And it’s the most frustrating thing because I know I can be better, I know I’m smarter than how I’m acting but I’m once in a while trapped with this brain that is going slower than usual. It’s like I don’t think or understand things like I used to anymore.
I got a tattoo today for my autoimmune disease that I suffer from . Fibromyalgia
Please watch and comment your thoughts <3<3<3
T-minus 20 minutes until I screen this for my graduate class! Ahh!
Just going to whine about something personal for a minute here -
I am So. Tired. of having these tissue expanders in. I did not expect - at all - to be on the surgery waiting list for 8+ months following the double mastectomy last year. Sure, relatively speaking that isn’t a great deal of time. But I also feel like I’ve had about a grand total of two nights of decent sleep in the last 8+ months because I’m so bloody uncomfortable 24/7. And the tissue expanders are just a bitch piled on top of a mountain of absolute bitches of chronic health issues. I’m so tired of being uncomfortable and in pain 24/7. Doctors are generally useless and I’m tired of hospitals and waiting rooms. So bloody tired of it all. Especially tired of the fact that Covid has meant they’re not currently booking elective surgeries so the implant swap surgery is some indefinite time months ahead in the future.
The only thing I can do is endure a little longer and try and be as well and content otherwise as I can.
Making a concerted effort to compartmentalise doesn’t stop days like today, though, where I just hate having a body, especially one that hurts and feels sick in some way nearly 24/7.
The only two pieces of advice I can offer anyone in a similar situation is:
- you’ve probably heard the phrase “pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.” To a large extent this is very true. We have more control over the degree of suffering than we realise. Chronic health issues might mean I’m in some level of pain 24/7, but whether I suffer from that 24/7 is the result of a series of choices I can make for myself.
- Focus on the days or moments when you’re not in pain. We spend all this time thinking I’m in pain, everything hurts, and often don’t spend time appreciating the bliss and relaxation that comes with not being in pain. Those are good days. Take a moment to bask in those moments and acknowledge the exist.
If anyone is wondering what might have brought my ability to feel joy back, there are a couple different potential things that could’ve done it. It’s my brother’s graduation so a lot is happening today. I increased my Wellbutrin dose a few weeks ago. I started taking Sulfasalazine about two days ago to try to treat a potentially autoinflammatory condition (Yao syndrome) that may be causing my daily fevers. It would be interesting if the anhedonia is inflammatory. I also restarted Plaquenil for autoimmunity about a month ago. I’ve never been on this dose of Wellbutrin before. I was on 100 mg (plus Prozac) before I stopped taking it, and anhedonia set in, and that was all soon after the fevers developed. I restarted Prozac maybe six months ago. I increased Wellbutrin maybe a month ago. Personally, I hope it’s the Sulfasalazine because that may indicate that my condition is improving. It could be any of these things- I’ll let you know if I figure any of this out!
