Last weekend I participated on The inaugural ISEAI Conference, “Healing Complex Patients in a Toxic World”.
Our increasingly toxic world has caused a dramatic rise in the number of people suffering from complex multi-system illness.
Exposure to triggers such as environmental toxinns and toxicants and infections can cause chronic inflammation in multiple body systems. These triggers cause damage to the immune system, the brain, the heart, the lungs, and many other body systems. Exposure to triggers is cumulative and can, over time, cause debilitating chronic illness and even death. An important part of the treatment of all EAIs is to reduce exposure to environmental triggers and to help the body to expel toxic buildup through detoxification. Treatment of EAIs is more likely to be successful if the patient and physician can identify the specific triggers affecting the patient’s health.
It is likely that the recent epidemic of difficult-to-diagnose chronic illness has been caused in part by the massive increase in use of toxic chemicals and other environmental irritants.
Many people who have been desperately ill from EAIs have mostly recovered their good health as the result of lifestyle changes to avoid toxic exposure and by working with doctors who are knowledgeable about EAIs and can treat underlying infections and other triggers. The work of recovery may take years and can require patients to quit their jobs, leave their homes, and abandon some or all of their belongings. Many patients remain sensitive to toxic exposure and will become sick if re-exposed, but can otherwise recover good health.
EAI - Environmentally Acquired Illness
